SS Martin Behrman

SS Martin Behrman

The SS "Martin Behrman" was an American Liberty ship built in 1944 for service in World War II. Her namesake was Martin Behrman, long-time mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Among the Liberty ships, the "Martin Behrman" was an EC2-S-C1 Type with hull number 2827. Like other Liberty ships, she was 441 feet (134 m) long and 56 feet (17 m) wide, carried 9000 tons of cargo and had a top speed of 11 knots (20 km/h). Most Liberty ships were named after prominent deceased Americans. [http://www.usmm.org/libertyships.html]

This particular ship was built by Delta Shipbuilding Company in New Orleans. Her keel was laid on 25 October 1944 and she was launched on 4 December 1944. [http://www.fiu.edu/~thompsop/liberty/liberty_listM.html] The Delta shipyard was started specifically for the war effort, at a site on the Industrial Canal near the Almonaster Avenue Bridge, immediately south of the present-day I-10 high-rise bridge. The yard was shut down after the end of the war. [http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/wwii/merchantshipbuilders/delta.htm]

The "Martin Behrman" survived World War II and saw service in the Korean War. [http://www.usmm.org/koreaships.html] In 1947 she was engaged in the Indonesian trade in defiance of a Dutch blockade, and on one voyage her cargo was confiscated by the Dutch Navy. [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:4jo6DU--XiMJ:www.papuaweb.org/dlib/bk/penders2002/01.pdf+%22Martin+Behrman%22+company+ship&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=41] [http://www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/historical/HistDocs.nsf/vVolume/7498F70BE31386D4CA256B7E007BE154] She was scrapped at Portland, Oregon in 1965. [http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsM.html] Her bow, along with the bows of many other Liberty ships, is buried at the Liberty Ship Memorial Park in Portland. [http://www.indiodesign.com/libertyshippark/] [http://www.oakgrovedesigns.net/homepage/libships/]


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