SS ''Abner Doubleday'' was a

Liberty ship Liberty ships were a ship class, class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Although British in concept, the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low-cost cons ...

built during

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. The ship was named after Abner Doubleday, the brigadier general of the American Civil War. Her keel was laid down on 25 October 1942 and she launched 20 November 1942. ''Abner Doubleday'' was scrapped in 1968. The photo is of the identical ship the SS John W. Brown which is docked in Baltimore. There are only two liberty ships left, the SS ''John W. Brown'' and the SS ''Jeremiah O'Brien'' in San Francisco. On November 30, 1942 she was turned over to the Sword Line Inc. for operation in support of the war. On May 31, 1943 she was turned over to the Marine Transport Lines for operations. On September 30, 1946 she was placed in the National

Reserve fleet A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed; they are partially or fully Ship decommissioning, decommissioned. A reserve fleet is informally said to be "in mothba ...

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. On February 22, 1947 she was turned over to the Alcoa Steamship Company for operations. She was scrapped at the Southern Scrap Material in Texas in 1968.dot.gov Abner Doubleday
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References

* Elphick, Peter
''Liberty: The Ships that Won the War.''
Naval Institute Press, 2006.

External links

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