SS Dwight L. Moody

History

United States
Name	Dwight L. Moody
Namesake	Dwight L. Moody
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1526
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost	$1,847,690
Yard number	8
Way number	2
Laid down	4 March 1943
Launched	28 June 1943
Completed	24 July 1943
Identification	Call Signal: KORS
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, 29 May 1946 Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 23 January 1950 Turned over to Texas, for use as artificial reef, 1 July 1975
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 Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) 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 Dwight L. Moody was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Dwight L. Moody, evangelist, publisher, the founder of the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, now Northfield Mount Hermon School, the Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers.