SS Walter W. Schwenk
SS Walter W. Schwenk was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after , a World War I Navy veteran. Before World War II Schwenk worked with , , and . In 1940, he joined the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM), and later the War Shipping Administration (WSA), February 1942. On 15 April 1944, he was appointed the Atlantic Coast director of the WSA, responsible for all cargo and ship movement on the East Coast.
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SS Walter W. Schwenk
SS Walter W. Schwenk was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after , a World War I Navy veteran. Before World War II Schwenk worked with , , and . In 1940, he joined the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM), and later the War Shipping Administration (WSA), February 1942. On 15 April 1944, he was appointed the Atlantic Coast director of the WSA, responsible for all cargo and ship movement on the East Coast.
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SS Walter W. Schwenk was a Lib ...... ip movement on the East Coast.
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1945-08-22
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1945-06-09
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1945-07-21
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* Laid up in the,National Defense Reserve Fleet,Mobile, Alabama, 10 August 1949
* Placed in theSuisun Bay Reserve Fleet,Suisun Bay, California, 24 August 1946
Sold for scrapping, 22 February 1972, removed from fleet, 3 March 1972
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Ship builder
J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
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1945-08-22
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United States
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*Call sign: AOFF
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Ship laid down
1945-06-09
Ship launched
1945-07-21
Ship name
Walter W. Schwenk
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as type hull, MC hull 3144
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SS Walter W. Schwenk was a Lib ...... ip movement on the East Coast.
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