SS George Dewey

History
George Dewey
United States
Name	George Dewey
Namesake	George Dewey
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	American Export Lines Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1202
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Cost	$2,069,174
Yard number	10
Way number	4
Laid down	8 May 1943
Launched	5 August 1943
Sponsored by	Rear Admiral Walter Browne Woodson
Completed	27 August 1943
Identification	Call sign: KIWD
Fate	Placed in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 6 January 1948 Placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 31 May 1952 Turned over to Texas, for use as artificial reef, 6 August 1975, withdrawn from fleet, 12 August 1975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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 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 George Dewey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after George Dewey, the only person in United States history to obtain the rank Admiral of the Navy. Dewey was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and fought in both the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.