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 United States | |
| Name | John M. Brooke |
| Namesake | John Mercer Brooke |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | North Atlantic & Gulf SS Co. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MC hull 1550 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida |
| Cost | $1,355,928[1] |
| Yard number | 32 |
| Way number | 4 |
| Laid down | 30 December 1943 |
| Launched | 24 February 1944 |
| Completed | 31 March 1944 |
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 Greece | |
| Name | Stavros Coumantaros |
| Namesake | Stavros Coumantaros |
| Owner | J.S. Coumantaros |
| Acquired | 14 February 1947 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1968 |
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| Length | |
| 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 M. Brooke was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterJohn Mercer Brooke, an early graduate of theUnited States Naval Academy, he perfected a "deep-sea sounding device", which was instrumental in the creation of theTransatlantic Cable. In 1861, he resigned his commission in theUS Navy and joined theConfederate Navy where he was involved with the conversion of the ironcladCSS Virginia, the development of a new rifled naval gun, theBrooke rifle, and the establishment of theConfederate States Naval Academy.
John M. Brooke was laid down on 30 December 1943, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1550, byJ.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 24 February 1944.[3][1]
She was allocated toNorth Atlantic & Gulf SS Co., on 31 March 1944. On 15 May 1946, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet, in theJames River Group, inLee Hall, Virginia. On 2 February 1947, she was sold herJ.S. Coumantaros,Piraeus, Greece. She was renamedStavros Coumantaros. She was scrapped inTaiwan, in 1968.[4][5]
