History
United States
Name	William Rawle
Namesake	William Rawle
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	A. H. Bull Steamship Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MCE hull 61
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost	$1,079,098[2]
Yard number	2048
Way number	9
Laid down	28 June 1942
Launched	19 August 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs.Grace Tully
Completed	29 August 1942
Identification	Call sign: KGGJ [2]
Fate	Sold for commercial use, 31 March 1947
United States
Name	Arlyn
Owner	Baltimore Insular Line
Operator	A.H. Bull & Co., Inc.
Fate	Grounded,Silver Bank, Dominican Republic, 6 June 1958, refloated and returned toSan Juan, Puerto Rico. Sold for scrapping, October 1958
General characteristics[3]
Class & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m)oa 416 feet (127 m)pp 427 feet (130 m)lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C)boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 ×triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp,Harrison, New Jersey) 1 ×screw propeller
Speed	11.5knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62USMM 21–40USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikonanti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 ×37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SSWilliam Rawle was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterWilliam Rawle, anAmericanlawyer inPhiladelphia. Rawle was appointed asUnited States district attorney in Pennsylvania, in 1791. He was a founder and first president of theHistorical Society of Pennsylvania, president of thePennsylvania Abolition Society, and for 40 years atrustee of theUniversity of Pennsylvania.

William Rawle was laid down on 28 June 1942, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 61, by theBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland; sponsored by Mrs.Grace Tully, the privateSecretary to PresidentRoosevelt, and was launched on 19 August 1942.^[1][2]

She was allocated toA. H. Bull Steamship Company, on 29 August 1942. On 31 March 1947, she was sold for commercial use to theBaltimore Insular Line, for $544,506. On 6 June 1958, she ran aground on theSilver Bank. She was refloated and returned toSan Juan, Puerto Rico, where she was scrapped in October 1958.^[4]

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