SS John W. Brown

SS *John W. Brown*
	SS John W. Brown on the Great Lakes in 2000.
History
United States
Name	John W. Brown
Namesake	John W. Brown
Ordered	1 May 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Laid down	28 July 1942
Launched	7 September 1942
Sponsored by	Annie Green
Completed	19 September 1942
Acquired	19 September 1942
In service	19 September 1942
Out of service	19 November 1946
Identification	IMO number: 8862739; MMSI number: 303348100; Callsign: KHJL;
Honors &; awards	Merchant Marine Combat Bar; Merchant Marine Atlantic War Zone Medal; Merchant Marine Mediterranean-Middle East War Zone Medal; Merchant Marine Pacific War Zone Medal; Merchant Marine World War II Victory Medal; World Ship Trust Maritime Heritage Award;
Fate	Loaned to City of New York as SS John W. Brown High School, 1946–1982; In reserve 1983–1988; Preserved 1988;
Status	Seagoing museum ship operated by Project Liberty Ship
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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Range	23,000 miles (20,000 nmi; 37,000 km)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931.3 m3) grain (as cargo ship)
Troops	Up to 450, 550, or 650 (sources) as "Limited Capacity Troopship"
Complement	8 United States Merchant Marine (USMM) officers; 38 USMM seamen; 1 United States Navy Armed Guard(USNAG) officer; 40 USNAG enlisted men;
Armament	As built:; 1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/38-caliber stern gun; 7 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon in single mounts; October 1942:; 1 × 3-inch (76.2-mm)/50-caliber bow gun added; 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon removed; June 1943:; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon added; March 1943:; 2 × 3-inch/50-caliber stern guns added; September 1945:; All armament removed;
Notes	As of September 2007, the bow 3-inch gun and several 20-mm cannon were rigged with compressed gas firing simulators (oxygen and a fuel gas) for historical re-enactments of air defense
	SS John W. Brown (Liberty Ship)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Canton Pier 13, 4601 Newgate Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°15′35″N 76°33′22″W / 39.25972°N 76.55611°W
Built	1942
Architect	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
NRHP reference No.	97001295
Added to NRHP	17 November 1997

SS John W. Brown is a Liberty ship, one of two still operational and one of three preserved as museum ships. As a Liberty ship, she operated as a merchant ship of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II and later was a vocational high school training ship in New York City for many years. Now preserved, she is a museum ship and cruise ship berthed at Pier 13 in Baltimore Harbor in Maryland.

John W. Brown was named after the Canadian-born American labor union leader John W. Brown (1867–1941).

The other surviving operational Liberty ship is SS Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco, California. A third Liberty ship, SS Hellas Liberty (ex-SS Arthur M. Huddell) is preserved as a static museum ship in Piraeus, Greece.

History
SS John W. Brown on the Great Lakes in 2000.
United States
Name	John W. Brown
Namesake	John W. Brown
Ordered	1 May 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Laid down	28 July 1942
Launched	7 September 1942
Sponsored by	Annie Green
Completed	19 September 1942
Acquired	19 September 1942
In service	19 September 1942
Out of service	19 November 1946
Identification	IMO number: 8862739 MMSI number: 303348100 Callsign: KHJL
Honors & awards	Merchant Marine Combat Bar Merchant Marine Atlantic War Zone Medal Merchant Marine Mediterranean-Middle East War Zone Medal Merchant Marine Pacific War Zone Medal Merchant Marine World War II Victory Medal World Ship Trust Maritime Heritage Award
Fate	Loaned to City of New York as SS John W. Brown High School, 1946–1982 In reserve 1983–1988 Preserved 1988
Status	Seagoing museum ship operated by Project Liberty Ship
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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Range	23,000 miles (20,000 nmi; 37,000 km)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931.3 m³) grain (as cargo ship)
Troops	Up to 450, 550, or 650 (sources) as "Limited Capacity Troopship"
Complement	8 United States Merchant Marine (USMM) officers 38 USMM seamen 1 United States Navy Armed Guard(USNAG) officer 40 USNAG enlisted men
Armament	As built: 1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/38-caliber stern gun 7 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon in single mounts October 1942: 1 × 3-inch (76.2-mm)/50-caliber bow gun added 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon removed June 1943: 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon added March 1943: 2 × 3-inch/50-caliber stern guns added September 1945: All armament removed
Notes	As of September 2007, the bow 3-inch gun and several 20-mm cannon were rigged with compressed gas firing simulators (oxygen and a fuel gas) for historical re-enactments of air defense

SS John W. Brown (Liberty Ship)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	Canton Pier 13, 4601 Newgate Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°15′35″N 76°33′22″W / 39.25972°N 76.55611°W / 39.25972; -76.55611
Built	1942
Architect	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
NRHP reference No.	97001295
Added to NRHP	17 November 1997