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| USN EC2-S-C1 Liberty Ship 4,023 Tons (light) 11,600 Tons (full load) 441' 6" x 57' x 27' 9" 8 x 20mm AA guns 1 x 3" gun 1 x 5" gun  Edwin Fitchett April 1946 |
Ship History Built by Permanente Metals Corp. Yard 2, Richmond, CA. Ordered by the U.S. Maritime Commission (MC). Laid down May 2, 1943 as a Maritime Commission Emergency Cargo Ship (EC2-S-C1) Liberty Ship with MC hull number 1121. Launched May 25, 1943 as SS John L. Sullivan after American John Lawrence Sullivan who was a boxer and the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing nicknamed "Great John L" and "The Boston Strong Boy". Delivered June 7, 1943 to the War Shipping Administration (WSA). Her crew was comprised of merchant marines with U.S. Navy armed guards manning her guns. Wartime History On April 2, 1946 departs Manila on a voyage to repatriate Japanese prisoners from the Philippines to Japan. Embarking from Manila to Tacloban to pickup a group of Japanese POWs. Aboard were prisoners from POW Camp #1 (LUPOW #1) including seven Army generals and sixteen officers plus three civilians and Japanese Red Cross nurses. Afterwards, proceeds to Takao Harbor on Formosa (Taiwan) and disembarked 700 Formosan POWs. Next to Pusan in South Korea to unload Korean POWs then “to Japan to disembark the Japanese POWs at Uraga. Afterwards, docked at Yokohama for a week then returned to Manila. Postwar After returning to the United States, became part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. On April 24, 1957 transfered to the U.S. Navy (USN) converted to an experimental minesweeper designated YAG-37. During the conversion, the engine was removed and four turbo-prop aircraft engines were fitted on deck fore and aft to move the ship with the hull filled with empty steel drums, intended to bump into mines and blast a path through mines. After testing, the engines were removed and towed to to the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, DE and placed out of service during 1957 or 1958 and officially stricken from the Navy register. Fate On March 19, 1958 at Newport News, VA sold to North American Smelting Company for $9,979.00 for scrap and broken up. References U.S. Department of Transportation MARAD - John L. Sullivan (status card) Vessel Status Card - SS John L. Sullivan Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II Ed Fitchett's Army Memories 1945-1946 DVD includes color film footage of USS John L. Sullivan during 1946 Passenger List Shipment "A-48" via Edwin Fitchett Navy Source - John L. Sullivan (YAG-37) Contribute
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