SS ''Henry W. Grady'' was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after

Henry W. Grady Henry Woodfin Grady (May 24, 1850 – December 23, 1889) was an American journalist and orator who helped reintegrate the states of the Confederacy into the Union after the American Civil War. Grady encouraged the industrialization of the Sout ...

, a journalist.

Construction

''Henry W. Grady'' was laid down on 31 July 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1501, by

J.A. Jones Construction J.A. Jones Construction was a heavy construction company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Operating internationally since the 1950s, it merged with Germany's Philipp Holzmann AG in 1979. In 2003 the company ceased operations due to the ...

, Brunswick, Georgia, and launched on 22 October 1943.

History

She was allocated to Wilmore Steamship Company, on 30 October 1943. On 9 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) in the

James River The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 to Chesapea ...

Group, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 19 May 1952, she was laid up in the NDRF in

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. On 22 June 1971, she was sold to

Consolidated Steel Corporation Consolidated Steel Corporation (formed 18 December 1928) was an American steel and shipbuilding business. Consolidated built ships during World War II in two locations: Wilmington, California and Orange, Texas. It was created in 1929 by the merg ...

, for $42,000, for scrapping. She was delivered on 21 July 1971.

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