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| Name | John Miller |
| Namesake | John Miller |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Isbrandstsen Steamship Co., Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MC hull 2515 |
| Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
| Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company,Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
| Cost | $999,281[2] |
| Yard number | 79 |
| Way number | 1 |
| Laid down | 7 December 1944 |
| Launched | 15 January 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Margie Knight |
| Completed | 24 January 1945 |
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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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SSJohn Miller was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named after John Miller, aMerchant seaman killed on the Liberty shipSS Samuel Heintzelman, 9 July 1943, when she wasstruck and sunk by a torpedo fromGerman submarine U-511.[4]
John Miller was laid down on 7 December 1944, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2515, by theSt. Johns River Shipbuilding Company,Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Margie Knight, the sister of the namesake, and she was launched on 15 January 1945.[1][2]
She was allocated to theIsbrandstsen Steamship Co., Inc., on 15 January 1945. On 23 August 1949, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet,Beaumont, Texas. She was sold for scrapping, 3 December 1970, toLuria Bros. & Co., for $40,100. She was removed from the fleet, 17 February 1971.[5]
