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History |
United States |
Name | Jonathan Elmer |
Namesake | Jonathan Elmer |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Marine Transport Lines, Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 308 |
Awarded | 1 May 1941 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
Cost | $1,068,439 |
Yard number | 2058 |
Way number | 10 |
Laid down | 11 July 1942 |
Launched | 31 August 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Tanya Fettweis |
Completed | 14 September 1942 |
Identification | |
Fate | |
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
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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)
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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)
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Complement | |
Armament | |