| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Stockard Steamship Corp. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MCE hull 930 |
| Awarded | 30 January 1942 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost | $1,076,324[2] |
| Yard number | 2080 |
| Way number | 16 |
| Laid down | 29 November 1942 |
| Launched | 28 December 1942 |
| Completed | 11 January 1943 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 14 June 1946, sold for scrap 22 March 1966 |
| General characteristics[3] | |
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| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.5knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SSWillard Hall was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterWillard Hall, aDelaware attorney and politician fromWilmington inNew Castle County. He was a member of theDemocratic-Republican Party, who served in theDelaware Senate, as aUnited States representative from Delaware and as aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Willard Hall was laid down on 29 November 1942, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 930, by theBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 28 December 1942.[1][2]
She was allocated to theStockard Steamship Corp., on 11 January 1943.[4]
On 14 June 1946, she was laid up in theHudson River Reserve Fleet, inHoboken, New Jersey. On 5 December 1946, she was towed toNorfolk, Virginia, for an estimated $44,088 in repairs. On 6 January 1947, there was a pending sale toMarine Tranport Lines, Inc., but on 9 January 1947, she was reallocated to Stockard SS Co. On 2 October 1947, she was laid up in theWilmington Reserve Fleet inWilmington, North Carolina. On 2 February 1966, she was sold toUnion Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $46,400, to be scrapped.[4]
