SS George E. Badger

SS George E. Badger (Hull Number 884) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after George Edmund Badger, a North Carolina Senator from 1846 to 1855 and Secretary of the Navy in 1841.

For other ships with the same name, see USS George E. Badger (DD-196).
History
United States
Name: George E. Badger
Namesake: George Edmund Badger
Builder: North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina[1]
Laid down: 27 December 1942
Launched: 26 January 1943
Fate: Scrapped, 1972
General characteristics
Type: Liberty ship
Tonnage: 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length: 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam: 56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m)
Draft: 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × oil-fired boilers
  • Triple-expansion steam engine, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
  • single screw
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity: 9,140 tons cargo
Complement: 41
Armament:

The ship was laid down on 27 December 1942, then launched on 26 January 1943. George E. Badger took part in "Operation Overlord", the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.[2] The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did; she was scrapped in 1972.

References
  1. "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  2. "American Merchant Marine Ships at Normandy in June 1944". www.usmm.org. Retrieved 2009-11-28.


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