A locomotive being unloaded from Harold O. Wilson on 3 November 1945
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Harold O. Wilson |
Namesake | Harold O. Wilson |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2396 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $803,647[1] |
Yard number | 181 |
Way number | 5 |
Laid down | 12 December 1944 |
Launched | 12 January 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. J.S. Bragdon |
Completed | 24 January 1945 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold for commercial use, 20 June 1947 |
United States | |
Name | North Beacon |
Operator | Northeastern Steamship Corp. |
Acquired | 20 June 1947 |
Fate | Sold, April 1955 |
United States | |
Name | Texmar |
Operator | Bethlehem Steel |
Acquired | April 1955 |
Fate | Wrecked and sold for scrapping, January 1961 |
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Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Harold O. Wilson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Harold O. Wilson, who was lost at sea while he was an oiler on SS Flora MacDonald, that was torpedoed by German submarine U-126, 30 May 1943, off Sierra Leone.