SS Abigail Adams

History
United States
Name	Abigail Adams
Namesake	Abigail Adams
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	American Foreign Steamship Corporation
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation
Yard number	2
Way number	4
Laid down	24 February 1943
Launched	21 March 1943
Fate	Scrapped on 19 September 1972
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)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine, 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
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 Abigail Adams was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. The ship was named after Abigail Adams, who was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams and the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is also sometimes considered to be one of the Founders of the United States.

She was laid down on 24 February 1943 and built by the Permanente Metals Corporation in Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California. On 21 March 1943, just 25 days after being laid down, she was launched. She was delivered to the United States Maritime Commission and the War Shipping Administration on 1 April 1943^[1] and operated by the American Foreign Steamship Corporation.^{[citation needed]}

On 16 September 1949, Abigail Adams entered the reserve fleet but briefly re-entered service from 14 March 1951 until 15 May 1952 for service in the Korean War. After sitting in the reserve fleet for two decades, she was sold to Consolidated Steel Corporation on 10 July 1972 for $47,009.33, or $332,404.21 in today's money (as of September 2022). She was delivered to Beaumont, Texas on 19 September 1972 where she was subsequently scrapped.^[2]

• List of Liberty ships (A–F)