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 United States | |
| Name | Edgar E. Clark |
| Namesake | Edgar E. Clark |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Stockard Steamship Corp. |
| Ordered | as type (Z-EC2-S-C2) hull,MC hull 1541 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida |
| Cost | $1,500,565[1] |
| Yard number | 23 |
| Way number | 5 |
| Laid down | 25 October 1943 |
| Launched | 11 December 1943 |
| Completed | 7 February 1944 |
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| Class & type | type Z-EC2-S-C2, army tank transport |
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| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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| Speed | 11.5knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SSEdgar E. Clark was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterEdgar E. Clark, the chief executive of theOrder of Railway Conductors, member of theInterstate Commerce Commission from 1906 to 1921, serving as its chairman from 1913 to 1914 and 1918 to 1921.
Edgar E. Clark was laid down on 25 October 1943, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1541, byJ.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 11 November 1943.[3][1]
She was allocated toStockard Steamship Corp., on 7 February 1944. On 8 October 1947, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet, in theJames River Group,Lee Hall, Virginia. On 24 March 1976, she was withdrawn from the fleet by theCommonwealth of Virginia, to be used as anartificial reef. She was sunk in 1977, off theVirginia Capes.[4][5]
