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SS Daniel H. Hill

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History
United States
NameDaniel H. Hill
NamesakeDaniel Harvey Hill
BuilderNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number53
Way number8
Laid down29 November 1942
Launched27 December 1942
FateScrapped 1964
General characteristics
TypeLiberty ship
Tonnage7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity9,140 tons cargo
Complement41
Armament

SS Daniel H. Hill (MC contract 875) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Daniel Harvey Hill, a Confederate general who commanded units from North Carolina in the American Civil War.

The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 29, 1942, and launched on December 27, 1942.[1] Hill was chartered to American Export Lines until August 1946 by the War Shipping Administration. From December 1946 until October 1947 she was chartered to Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, who delivered Hill to the Mobile Fleet of the National Defense Reserve Fleet at the end. She was scrapped in 1964.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. ^ "Daniel H. Hill". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-09.