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 United States | |
| Name | Peter Zenger |
| Namesake | Peter Zenger |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | A.H. Bull & Co. Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MC hull 1527 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida |
| Cost | $1,852,957[1] |
| Yard number | 9 |
| Way number | 3 |
| Laid down | 31 March 1943 |
| Launched | 4 July 1943 |
| Completed | 31 July 1943 |
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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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SSPeter Zenger was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterJohn Peter Zenger, a printer and journalist inNew York City that printedThe New York Weekly Journal. He was accused oflibel in 1734, byWilliam Cosby, the governor ofNew York, but the jury acquitted Zenger, who became a symbol forfreedom of the press.[3]
Peter Zenger was laid down on 31 March 1943, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1527, byJ.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 4 July 1943.[4][1]
She was allocated toA.H. Bull & Co. Inc., on 31 July 1943. On 11 October 1946, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet, inAstoria, Oregon. On 22 July 1954, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain under the "Grain Program 1954", she returned loaded with grain on 4 August 1954. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 20 May 1963, to have the grain unloaded, she returned empty on 25 May 1963. On 19 July 1966, she was sold for $45,355.55 toAmerican Ship Dismantlers, Inc., for scrapping. She was removed from the fleet on 5 August 1966.[5]
