SS Owen Wister
SS Owen Wister was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Owen Wister, an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian and a biography of Ulysses S. Grant.
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SS Owen Wister
SS Owen Wister was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Owen Wister, an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian and a biography of Ulysses S. Grant.
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SS Owen Wister was a Liberty s ...... biography of Ulysses S. Grant.
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completion date
1943-12-24
cost ($)
1389365.0
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laying down
1943-11-02
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ship launched
1943-12-14
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* Laid up in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, Oregon, 26 June 1952
* Laid up in the,National Defense Reserve Fleet,Astoria, Oregon, 22 July 1949
Sold for scrapping, 8 December 1964, removed from fleet, 21 December 1964
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Ship builder
St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
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Ship completed
1943-12-24
Ship country
United States
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Ship fate
Ship identification
*Call sign: KVGS
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Ship laid down
1943-11-02
Ship launched
1943-12-14
Ship name
Owen Wister
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Ship operator
Ship ordered
as type hull, MC hull 1216
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Ship original cost
1389365.0
Ship owner
Ship sponsor
Mrs. William L. Marshall
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Ship way number
Ship yard number
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SS Owen Wister was a Liberty s ...... biography of Ulysses S. Grant.
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