| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | John Barton Payne |
| Namesake | John Barton Payne |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Isthmian Steamship Co. |
| Ordered | as type (Z-EC2-S-C2) hull,MC hull 1535 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida |
| Cost | $1,862,684[1] |
| Yard number | 17 |
| Way number | 5 |
| Laid down | 11 August 1943 |
| Launched | 23 October 1943 |
| Completed | 30 November 1943 |
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| Class and type | type Z-EC2-S-C2, army tank transport |
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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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SSJohn Barton Payne was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterJohn Barton Payne, thecounsel for theEmergency Fleet Corporation duringWorld War I, Chairman of theU.S. Shipping Board from 1919 until February 1920, and theUnited States Secretary of the Interior underWoodrow Wilson.
John Barton Payne was laid down on 11 August 1943, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1535, byJ.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 23 October 1943.[3][1]
She was allocated toIsthmian Steamship Co., on 30 November 1943. On 21 November 1947, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet, inMobile, Alabama. On 28 October 1971, she was sold, along with 13 other ships, for $513,800, toUnion Minerals and Alloys Corporation, to be scrapped. She was removed from the fleet on 22 February 1972.[4][5]
