SS ''David B. Johnson'' was a Liberty ship built in the

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during

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. She was named after David B. Johnson, the founder and first president of Winthrop University.

Construction

''David B. Johnson'' was laid down on 23 November 1943, under a

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(MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1511, by

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, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mai Rutledge Johnson, widow of David B. Johnson, and was launched on 13 January 1944.

History

She was allocated to the Wilmore Steamship Company, on 24 January 1944. On 18 November 1948, she was laid up in the

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. On 2 July 1952, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in

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, California. On 2 January 1968, she was sold to the Nicolai Joffe Corp., for $49,576, for scrapping. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 17 January 1968.

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