SS ''John Miller'' was a Liberty ship built in the

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during

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. She was named after John Miller, a Merchant seaman killed on the Liberty ship , 9 July 1943, when she was struck and sunk by a torpedo from .

Construction

''John Miller'' was laid down on 7 December 1944, under a

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(MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2515, by the

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, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Margie Knight, the sister of the namesake, and she was launched on 15 January 1945.

History

She was allocated to the Isbrandstsen Steamship Co., Inc., on 15 January 1945. On 23 August 1949, she was laid up in the

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, Beaumont, Texas. She was sold for scrapping, 3 December 1970, to Luria Bros. & Co., for $40,100. She was removed from the fleet, 17 February 1971.

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