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Name | Nicholas Biddle |
Namesake | Nicholas Biddle |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | International Freighting Corp. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 917 |
Awarded | 1 January 1942 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[2] |
Cost | $1,045,728[1] |
Yard number | 2067 |
Way number | 7 |
Laid down | 11 August 1942 |
Launched | 22 September 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. R.E. Anderson |
Completed | 30 September 1942 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Nicholas Biddle was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Nicholas Biddle, an American financier who served as the third and last president of the Second Bank of the United States. He also served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. He is best known for his role in the Bank War.