SS John H. Hammond

History
United States
Name:	John H. Hammond
Namesake:	John Hays Hammond
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2385
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost:	$892,998
Yard number:	170
Way number:	6
Laid down:	13 October 1944
Launched:	15 November 1944
Sponsored by:	Mrs. R. Gregg Cherry
Completed:	27 November 1944
Identification:	Call Signal: KYTU
Fate:	Struck a mine off Elba, Italy, 17 July 1945 Declared constructive total loss (CTL) Sold for scrapping, 20 February 1948
General characteristics
Class & type:	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage:	7,176 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement:	14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length:	441 ft 6 in (135 m)
Beam:	56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m)
Draft:	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power:	2 × Oil fired boilers 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × oil-fired boilers 1 × triple-expansion steam engine, 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) (manufactured by Hamilton Engine Co., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Capacity:	10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Complement:	41
Armament:	Stern-mounted 4"/50 caliber (102 mm) gun for use against surfaced submarines variety of anti-aircraft guns

SS John H. Hammond was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Hays Hammond, a mining engineer, diplomat, and philanthropist.

Construction

John H. Hammond was laid down on 13 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2385, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. R. Gregg Cherry, wife of then governor elect R. Gregg Cherry, and launched on 15 November 1944.

History

She was allocated to William J. Rountree Company, on 27 November 1944. On 17 July 1945, she struck a mine off Elba, Italy, and was towed to Naples, Italy. She was declared a constructive total loss (CTL). On 20 February 1948, she was sold, along with 39 other vessels, including her sister ships SS Isaac Shelby and SS Niels Poulson, for $520,000, to Venturi Salvaggi Ricuperi Imprese Marittime Societa per Azioni, Genoa.