SS James M. Wayne

History

United States
Name	James M. Wayne
Namesake	James M. Wayne
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Waterman Steamship Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1489
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost	$3,169,686
Yard number	105
Way number	1
Laid down	6 July 1942
Launched	13 March 1943
Completed	7 May 1943
Identification	Call Signal: KHQB
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 24 April 1948 Sold for scrapping, 21 February 1967
General characteristics
Class & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine, (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m³) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m³) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS James M. Wayne was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James M. Wayne, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a United States representative from Georgia.