SS Horace Binney
Liberty ship of WWII
History
United States
Name Horace Binney
Namesake Horace Binney
Owner War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator American Export Lines, Inc.
Ordered as type (EC2-S-C1 ) hull, MCE hull 62
Awarded 14 March 1941
Builder Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard , Baltimore , Maryland
Cost $1,076,481
Yard number 2049
Way number 8
Laid down 5 July 1942
Launched 25 August 1942
Sponsored by Miss Bertha Joseph
Completed 31 August 1942
Identification
Fate Mined, 8 May 1945, Constructive Total Loss , sold for scrapping, 1 April 1948
General characteristics
Class and type
Tonnage
Displacement
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
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
Armament
SS Horace Binney was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II . She was named after Horace Binney , an American lawyer , author, and public speaker who served as an Anti-Jacksonian in the United States House of Representatives .
Construction
Horace Binney was laid down on 5 July 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 62, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard , Baltimore , Maryland; sponsored by Miss Bertha Joseph, the secretary of Senator George L. P. Radcliffe of Maryland, and was launched on 25 August 1942.
History
She was allocated to American Export Lines, Inc. , on 31 August 1942. On 8 May 1945, she was mined off the coast of Dunkirk , France, at 51°12′N 02°27′E / 51.200°N 2.450°E / 51.200; 2.450 , and beached at Deal , England, where she broke in two. On 1 April 1948, she was sold to the Belgium company Etablisements Dohmen et Habets SA. , and scrapped in Antwerp .
References
Bibliography
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1945
Shipwrecks
1 May: Argo , TA 43 , U-3006 , U-3009
2 May: Admiral Hipper , USS Thornton , U-8 , U-14 , U-60 , U-61 , U-62 , U-71 , U-72 , U-120 , U-121 , U-137 , U-139 , U-140 , U-141 , U-142 , U-146 , U-148 , U-151 , U-152 , U-316 , U-552 , U-554 , U-612 , U-717 , U-929 , U-1007 , U-1308 , U-2327 , U-2359 , U-2510 , U-2526 , U-2527 , U-2528 , U-2531 , U-3002 , U-3016 , U-3018 , U-3019 , U-3020 , U-3021 , U-3504 , U-3516 , U-3517 , U-3521 , U-3522
3 May: Arcona , Cap Arcona , Deutschland , Emden , USS Lagarto , USS Little , USS LSM(R)-195 , Medusa , Nordland , Schlesien , TA22 , Thielbek , UA , UB , UD-1 , UD-2 , UD-3 , UD-4 , U-48 , U-52 , U-57 , U-58 , U-59 , U-101 , U-328 , U-339 , U-428 , U-446 , U-475 , U-560 , U-704 , U-708 , U-747 , U-748 , U-795 , U-822 , U-828 , U-876 , U-903 , U-922 , U-924 , U-958 , U-1166 , U-1170 , U-1192 , U-1196 , U-1201 , U-1205 , U-1210 , U-1227 , U-1275 , U-2330 , U-2332 , U-2355 , U-2371 , U-2501 , U-2503 , U-2504 , U-2508 , U-2512 , U-2519 , U-2520 , U-2521 , U-2524 , U-2533 , U-2534 , U-2535 , U-2536 , U-2539 , U-2543 , U-2545 , U-2546 , U-2548 , U-2552 , U-3001 , U-3005 , U-3010 , U-3011 , U-3012 , U-3013 , U-3014 , U-3023 , U-3024 , U-3025 , U-3026 , U-3027 , U-3028 , U-3029 , U-3031 , U-3032 , U-3037 , U-3038 , U-3039 , U-3040 , U-3507 , U-3509 , U-3511 , U-3513 , U-3518 , U-3525 , U-3530 , U-4705 , U-4712 , Z43
4 May: USS LSM(R)-190 , USS LSM(R)-194 , USS Luce , USS Morrison , Orion , USS PGM-17 , U-30 , U-46 , U-267 , U-393 , U-711 , U-721 , U-792 , U-793 , U-904 , U-1132 , U-1161 , U-1168 , U-1303 , U-1304 , U-2338 , U-2540 , U-3033 , U-3034 , U-4709 , U-4711
5 May: T36 , U-17 , U-38 , U-236 , U-290 , U-349 , U-351 , U-370 , U-397 , U-534 , U-579 , U-733 , U-746 , U-750 , U-794 , U-827 , U-999 , U-1008 , U-1016 , U-1025 , U-1056 , U-1162 , U-1193 , U-1204 , U-1207 , U-1223 , U-1234 , U-1306 , U-1405 , U-2333 , U-2339 , U-2343 , U-2346 , U-2347 , U-2349 , U-2352 , U-2357 , U-2358 , U-2360 , U-2362 , U-2364 , U-2366 , U-2367 , U-2368 , U-2369 , U-2507 , U-2517 , U-2522 , U-2525 , U-2541 , U-2544 , U-2551 , U-3015 , U-3022 , U-3044 , U-3501 , U-3510 , U-3524 , U-3526 , U-3527 , U-3528 , U-3529 , U-4701 , U-4702 , U-4703 , U-4704 , U-4707 , U-4710
6 May: U-853 , U-881 , U-3523
7 May: Avondale Park , Sneland I , U-1407
8 May: U-37 , U-320 , U-382 , U-2365 , U-2538 , U-3030 , U-3503
16 May: Haguro , Hatsutaka , U-287
18 May: USS Longshaw
20 May: U-963
24 May: HM Motor Gun Boat 2007 , U-979
25 May: USS Bates , USS LSM-135
28 May: USS Drexler
29 May: Tenryo Maru
31 May: I-361 , Uzbekistan
Other incidents