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| Name | William MacLay |
| Namesake | William MacLay |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | A.H. Bull & Co., Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MCE hull 47 |
| Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost | $1,054.457[2] |
| Yard number | 2034 |
| Way number | 1 |
| Laid down | 24 April 1942 |
| Launched | 22 June 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs.John W. Whiling |
| Completed | 7 July 1942 |
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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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SSWilliam MacLay was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterWilliam MacLay, a politician fromPennsylvania during the eighteenth century. Maclay, along withRobert Morris, was a member of Pennsylvania's first two-member delegation to theUnited States Senate. Following his tenure in the Senate, he served in thePennsylvania House of Representatives on two separate occasions, as a county judge, and as a presidential elector.
William MacLay was laid down on 24 April 1942, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 47, by theBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland; sponsored by Mrs. John W. Whiling, the wife localABS surveyor at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, and was launched on 22 June 1942.[1][2]
She was allocated toA.H. Bull & Co., Inc., on 7 July 1942. On 10 December 1947, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet,Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping on 26 April 1967, toUnion Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $45,501. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 18 May 1967.[4]
