SS James J. Pettigrew

SS James J. Pettigrew (MC contract 874) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after J. Johnston Pettigrew, a Confederate general from North Carolina killed during the American Civil War.

History
United States
Name: James J. Pettigrew
Namesake: J. Johnston Pettigrew
Builder: North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number: 52
Way number: 7
Laid down: 24 November 1942
Launched: 24 December 1942
Honors and
awards:		 1 × battle star
Fate: scrapped 1960
General characteristics
Type: Liberty ship
Tonnage: 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length: 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam: 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft: 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion:
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity: 9,140 tons cargo
Complement: 41
Armament:

The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 24, 1942, and launched on December 24, 1942.[1] Pettigrew was chartered to Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., by the War Shipping Administration until entering the James River Fleet of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in January 1946. At the time she required more than $100,000 of repairs. The vessel was sold for scrap in 1967.[2]

Awards

Pettigrew's Naval Armed Guard detachment received one battle star for World War II service.[3] On May 11, 1944 while part of convoy UGS-40 Pettigrew came under heavy air attack. The convoy managed to fight off an attack that included bombs, torpedoes, and glide bombs without casualties.[4]

See also

References
  1. "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. "James J. Pettigrew". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  3. "U.S. Merchant Marine Ships whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle Stars" in World War II - Ships with names "G to M"". American Merchant Marine at War. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  4. Mackenzie J. Gregory. "Convoy UGS-40, under extreme enemy air attack. May 11th. 1944". Ahoy - Mac's Web Log. Retrieved 2019-01-09.


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