SS Barney Kirschbaum

SS Barney Kirschbaum was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Barney Kirschbaum, the master of the American merchant ship SS Collingsworth. Kirschbaum was killed when the vessel was torpedoed by U-124, 9 January 1943.

History
United States
Name	Barney Kirschbaum
Namesake	Barney Kirschbaum
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 2348
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost	$1,023,236
Yard number	89
Way number	4
Laid down	15 February 1945
Launched	30 March 1945
Completed	13 April 1945
Identification	Call sign: ANTD
Fate	Placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 14 June 1949 Placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 17 August 1953 Sold for scrapping, 9 June 1972, removed from fleet, 13 February 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C5, boxed aircraft transport
Tonnage	10,600 LT DWT 7,200 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale, California) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

Construction

Barney Kirschbaum was laid down on 15 February 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2348, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 30 March 1945.

History

She was allocated to Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company, on 21 March 1945. On 14 June 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. On 17 August 1953, she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping, 9 June 1972, to Pinto Island Metals Co., for $32,500. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 13 February 1973.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
• Maritime Administration. "Barney Kirschbaum". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
• "SS Barney Kirschbaum". Retrieved 13 December 2019.