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 , MarylandCost $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 & 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 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 .
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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
