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| Name | Charles Carroll |
| Namesake | Charles Carroll |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | American Export Lines Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MCE hull 15 |
| Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost | $1,545,574[2] |
| Yard number | 2002 |
| Way number | 2 |
| Laid down | 15 May 1941 |
| Launched | 25 October 1941 |
| Completed | 19 January 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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SSCharles Carroll was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterCharles Carroll, a wealthyMaryland planter and an early advocate of independence from theKingdom of Great Britain and one of the signers of theUnited States Declaration of Independence. He is one of theFounding Fathers of the United States and served as a delegate to theContinental Congress andConfederation Congress. Carroll later served as the firstUnited States Senator for Maryland. He was the last surviving signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
Charles Carroll was laid down on 15 May 1941, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 15, by theBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland; and was launched on 25 October 1941.[1][2]
Charles Carroll was allocated toAmerican Export Lines, on 19 January 1942. On 26 April 1946, she was laid up in theHudson River Reserve Fleet,Jones Point, New York. On 12 May 1953,Charles Carroll was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain under the "Grain Program 1953", she returned loaded on 25 May 1953. On 20 May 1956, she was withdrawn to be unload, she returned reloaded with grain 9 June 1956. On 27 April 1963, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be unloaded, she returned empty on 4 May 1963.Charles Carroll was sold for scrapping on 3 September 1970, toUnion Minerals & Alloys Corp. She was removed from the fleet, 4 December 1970.[4]
