SS Daniel Webster

History
United States
Name	Daniel Webster
Namesake	Daniel Webster
Builder	South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine
Yard number	211
Way number	3
Laid down	1 November 1942
Launched	28 January 1943
Identification	Official number: 242815
Fate	Torpedoed and beached 10 January 1944; Scrapped, 1948;
General characteristics
Type	Liberty ship
Tonnage	7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers; Triple-expansion steam engine; Single screw; 2,500 hp (1,864 kW);
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity	9,140 tons cargo
Complement	41
Armament	1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun; AA guns;

SS Daniel Webster (MC contract 211) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

Named after Daniel Webster, an American statesman, the ship was laid down by South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland, Maine, at their West Yard on 1 November 1942, then launched on 28 January 1943. The ship was completed 10 February 1943 and delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for operation by Sprague Steamship Company under a WSA agreement the same day.^[1]

On 10 January 1944, she was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea off Oran, French Algeria in an air attack on convoy KMS 37 while en route from Gibraltar to Augusta and Naples. The ship was beached and declared a total constructive loss. The ship was sold for scrapping in a group of forty hulks on 19 December 1947 to Venturi Salvattigi Recuperi e Impresse Marrittime Societta per Azione of Genoa.^[2]^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Maritime Administration. "Daniel Webster". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^ Cressman, Robert J. "The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, Chapter VI: 1944, 10 January". Contemporary History Branch, Naval Historical Center. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^ "New England Shipbuilding Company, South Portland ME". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

External links

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[MARAD-1] Maritime Administration. "Daniel Webster". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[2] Cressman, Robert J. "The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, Chapter VI: 1944, 10 January". Contemporary History Branch, Naval Historical Center. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[3] "New England Shipbuilding Company, South Portland ME". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in January 1944
Shipwrecks	1 Jan: Nagoya Maru 2 Jan: Albert Gallatin 3 Jan: USS Turner 6 Jan: USS St. Augustine 8 Jan: U-426, U-757 9 Jan: U-81 10 Jan: Daniel Webster 11 Jan: I-11, Kuma 13 Jan: U-231 14 Jan: Ha-50, Sazanami 16 Jan: I-181, USS Macaw, U-544 17 Jan: Ha-51 18 Jan: Yoshida Maru 19 Jan: U-641 20 Jan: U-263 22 Jan: USS Portent, Ro-37 23 Jan: HMS Janus 24 Jan: Magane Maru, St David 25 Jan: Suzukaze 26 Jan LST-411, LST-422 28 Jan: Ha-49, Sperrbrecher 137, U-271, U-571 29 Jan: Samuel Huntington, HMS Spartan, U-364 30 Jan: Cha-14, Cha-19, Cha-28, HMS Hardy, Tama Maru No. 3, U-314 31 Jan: U-592, Yasukuni Maru Unknown date: USS Scorpion, U-305, U-377
Other incidents	1 Jan: USS Jack 16 Jan: USS Flier 30 Jan: I-6
1943 1944 1945 December 1943 February 1944