| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Calmar Steamship Corp. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MCE hull 931 |
| Awarded | 30 January 1942 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost | $1,077,871[2] |
| Yard number | 2081 |
| Way number | 12 |
| Laid down | 2 December 1942 |
| Launched | 28 December 1942 |
| Completed | 15 January 1943 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 6 December 1946, sold and renamed 18 March 1965 |
 United States | |
| Owner | Zidell Explorations |
| Renamed | Twin Harbor |
| Fate | Scrapped 2010 |
| Notes | Ship used inlighter service |
| General characteristics[3] | |
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| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.5knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SSWoodbridge N. Ferris was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterWoodbridge N. Ferris, an American educator fromSpencer, New York, who served as the28th governor of Michigan and in theUnited States Senate as aDemocrat. He was the founder and namesake ofFerris State University.
Woodbridge N. Ferris was laid down on 12 December 1942, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 931, by theBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 28 December 1942.[1][2]
She was allocated to theCalmar Steamship Corp., on 15 January 1943.[4]
She was briefly handed over toJapan, on 4 February 1946. On 6 December 1946, she was laid up in theAstoria Reserve Fleet, inAstoria, Oregon. On 11 February 1965, she was sold, along with hersister ship turnedAcubens-classgeneral stores issue ship,Cybele, for a lump sum of $118,016.16, toZidell Explorations Inc., to be scrapped. On 24 September 1965, she was renamedTwin Harbor and put intobarge service.[4] In August 2010, she was scrapped, along with her sister shipSS Mahlon Pitney, inTacoma, Washington.[5]
