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 United States | |
| Name | Walter L. Fleming |
| Namesake | Walter L. Fleming |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Waterman Steamship Corp. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MC hull 1542 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida |
| Cost | $1,314,932[1] |
| Yard number | 24 |
| Way number | 2 |
| Laid down | 31 October 1943 |
| Launched | 7 December 1943 |
| Completed | 30 January 1944 |
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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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SSWalter L. Fleming was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterWalter L. Fleming,American Civil War historian and Dean of theVanderbilt University College of Arts and Science in 1923, and later Director of the Graduate School.
Walter L. Fleming was laid down on 31 October 1943, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1542, byJ.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 7 December 1943.[3][1]
She was allocated toWaterman Steamship Corp., on 30 January 1944. On 24 May 1946, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet, in theJames River Group,Lee Hall, Virginia. On 15 September 1959, she was sold, along with nine other ships, for $717,810 toBethlehem Steel, for scrapping. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 28 September 1959.[4][5]
