| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Pearl Harbor |
| Namesake | Pearl Harbor |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Agwilines Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MCE hull 927 |
| Awarded | 30 January 1942 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost | $1,071,114[2] |
| Yard number | 2077 |
| Way number | 15 |
| Laid down | 10 November 1942 |
| Launched | 7 December 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Inez G. Kidd |
| Completed | 21 December 1942 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 21 April 1948, sold for scrap 29 October 1962 |
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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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SSPearl Harbor was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterPearl Harbor, an Americanlagoonharbor on the island ofOahu, Hawaii, where thesurprise attack by theImperial Japanese Navy on 7 December 1941, led the United States to declare war on theEmpire of Japan.
Pearl Harbor was laid down on 10 November 1942, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 927, by theBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. Inez G. Kidd, widow ofRear AdmiralIsaac Kidd, and was launched on 7 December 1942.[1][2]
She was allocated toAgwilines Inc., on 8 December 1942.[4]
On 5 April 1948, she was laid up in theBeaumont Reserve Fleet, inBeaumont, Texas. On 29 October 1962, she was sold to theSouthern Scrap Material Co., for $46,488.88, to be scrapped.[4]
