SS Henry B. Brown

Liberty ship Henry B. Brown, 12 July 1943
History
United States
Name	Henry B. Brown
Namesake	Henry B. Brown
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Black Diamond Steamship Co.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 938
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost	$1,074,208[2]
Yard number	2088
Way number	7
Laid down	15 December 1942
Launched	28 January 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. L. J. Salon
Completed	17 February 1943
Identification	Call sign: KKAO [2]
Fate	Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 6 April 1948, sold for scrap 17 March 1965
General characteristics [3]
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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) 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 Henry B. Brown was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Henry B. Brown, an American attorney and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, from 1891 to 1906.

Henry B. Brown was laid down on 15 December 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 938, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. L. J. Salon, and launched on 28 January 1943.^[1][2]

She was allocated to the Black Diamond Steamship Co., on 17 February 1943.^[4]

On 6 April 1948, she was laid up in the Wilmington Reserve Fleet, in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 17 March 1965, she was sold for $50,050, to Northern Metals, to be scrapped. On 25 March 1965, she was withdrawn from the fleet.^[4]