History
United States
NameA. Mitchell Palmer
NamesakeA. Mitchell Palmer
BuilderSoutheastern Shipbuilding Corp., Savannah, Georgia
Laid down17 December 1943
Launched12 February 1944
FateScrapped, 1968
General characteristics [1]
Class and type
Tonnage
Displacement
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement
Armament

SS A. Mitchell Palmer (MCE-2436) was an EC2-S-C1 Type Liberty ship design cargo ship, named after U.S. Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer. The ship's keel was laid by Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation of Savannah, Georgia, on 17 December 1943, commissioned as part of the Second World War effort by the War Shipping Administration (WSA).[2][3] It was launched 12 February 1944. It was scrapped in 1968 in Taiwan.

Important Events

  • 1944 WSA (operated by the Isbrandtsen Steamship Company, New York); one of 200 American Merchant Marine ships at Normandy in June 1944[4]
  • 1947 SuwaneeFruit & SS Corp, Jacksonville, USA.
  • 1951 Honduras Shipping Co, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  • 1951 Renamed as the M/S Waimea, Compañía de Navegación Las Cruces, Panama – Honduras flag. (Carras Ltd, London)
  • 1954 Renamed as the M/S Annitsa a, Santa Anna Corp, Honduras flag (same managers).
  • 1956 (Angelos, Leitch & Co, London)
  • 1957 (Angelos & Co, London)
  • 1964 Renamed as the M/S Justice, Compañía de Navegación Pearl, Panama – Liberian flag (Ten Hu SS Co, Hong Kong).
  • 1966 Ideal United SS Corp, Liberia (Tai An SS Co, Taipei).
  • 1968 Scrapped Taiwan.

References

  1. ↑ Davies, James (2012). "Liberty Cargo Ships" (PDF). ww2ships.com. p. 23. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. ↑ American Merchant Marine at War (www.usmm.org): Liberty Ships built by: Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia, St. Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, Florida, North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina, for U. S. Maritime Commission 1941–1945
  3. ↑ MARINERS: LIBERTY SHIPS – INDEX, A. B. Hammond – Andrew J. Newbury
  4. ↑ American Merchant Marine at War (www.usmm.org): American Merchant Marine Ships at Normandy in June 1944



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