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United States
Name	William B. Woods
Namesake	William B. Woods
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	A. H. Bull & Company, Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1490
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost	$2,740,069
Yard number	106
Way number	2
Laid down	6 July 1942
Launched	13 March 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Emil J. Kratt
Completed	7 May 1943
Identification	Call Signal: KHQC
Fate	Torpedoed off Italy, 10 March 1944
General characteristics
Class and 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 m) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m) (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 William B. Woods was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. Named after William B. Woods, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a member of the Ohio General Assembly.

Construction

William B. Woods was laid down on 21 July 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1490, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs.Emil J.Kratt, and launched on 7 April 1943.

History

She was allocated to A. H. Bull & Company, Inc. on 31 May 1943. On 10 March 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-952 near Palermo, Italy, 38°26′N 13°30′E / 38.43°N 13.50°E / 38.43; 13.50, with the loss of one US Navy Armed Guard and fifty-one US Army personnel.

References

1. ^ MARCOM.
2. Davies 2004, p. 23.
3. J.A. Brunswick 2010.
4. Liberty Ships.
5. MARAD.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
• "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
• Maritime Administration. "William B. Woods". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
• "SS William B. Woods". Retrieved 4 November 2017.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1944
Shipwrecks	1 Mar: HMS Gould, Sakito Maru, U-358, U-603, U-709 4 Mar: U-472 5 Mar: U-366 6 Mar: U-744, U-973 10 Mar: USS Leopold, William B. Woods, U-343, U-450, U-625, U-845 11 Mar: Dupleix, Fresnel, Pascal, U-380, U-410, UIT-22 13 Mar: Peleus, Tatsuta, U-575 15 Mar: Dupleix, Empire Ace, U-653 16 Mar: Shirakumo, U-392 17 Mar: U-28, U-801, U-1013 19 Mar: U-1059 20 Mar: HMS Graph, Seydlitz 22 Mar: Cattaro 23 Mar: I-42, U-575 24 Mar: I-32, Schwabenland, Sinkyo Maru, U-1102 25 Mar: U-976 26 Mar: USS Tullibee 28 Mar: HMS Syrtis, Tulagi 29 Mar: U-961 30 Mar: Akashi, HMS Laforey, Patrol Boat No. 31, U-223 Unknown date: Goshū Maru, HMS Stonehenge, HMS Syrtis, U-851
Other incidents	3 Mar: Karatsu, USS Sand Lance 10 Mar: I-185 18 Mar: I-165 29 Mar: USS Gunnel, I-26
1943 1944 1945 February 1944 April 1944

• Liberty ships
• Ships built in Brunswick, Georgia
• 1943 ships
• Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
• Maritime incidents in March 1944
• World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea