SS John Lykes
From Our Contribution
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 Maritime Reserve Fleet at Beaumont 1948 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS John Lykes |
| Owner | Lykes Lines |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Completed | 1941 |
| Out of service | 1958 |
| Fate | scrapped Panama City in 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Standard ship type C1-B built for United States Maritime Commission. Dry cargo |
| Tonnage | 6,829 tons |
Remarks
From 1943 until 1946 she was engaged as a troop transport for the United States Maritime Commission, managed byt hte Lykes Line, a United States shipping company. In 1958 it was placed in the MARAD reserve at Mobile