SS George E. Badger
SS George E. Badger (Hull Number 884) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after George Edmund Badger, a North Carolina Senator from 1846 to 1855 and Secretary of the Navy in 1841.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | George E. Badger |
| Namesake | George Edmund Badger |
| Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina[1] |
| Laid down | 27 December 1942 |
| Launched | 26 January 1943 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Liberty ship |
| Tonnage | 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Capacity | 9,140 tons cargo |
| Complement | 41 |
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The ship was laid down on 27 December 1942, then launched on 26 January 1943. George E. Badger took part in "Operation Overlord", the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.[2] The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did; she was scrapped in 1972.
References
- "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- "American Merchant Marine Ships at Normandy in June 1944". www.usmm.org. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
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