SS William H Ashley
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{{Infobox ship
| image = 
| caption = Typical C2 design Liberty ship
| image2 = [[File:SS_William_H_Ashley_1.jpg
| caption2 = The Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in 1944
| shipname = SS William H Ashley
| shipowner = US Maritime Commission
| shipbuilder = Oregon Shipbuilding Company (Kaiser)
| shipyardnumber =
| shiplaunched = 6 Oct 1943
| shipcompleted = October 1943
| shipinservice = Nov 1943
| shipoutofservice = 1972
| shipinservice2 =
| shipoutofservice2 =
| shipreclassified = US Navy ship from 1956
| shipID = 244406 Hull No 2246
| shipfate = Scraped 1972 in Philadelphia
| shiptype = Liberty Ship
| shiptonnage = 14,474 tons
| shiplength = 441'6" (134.57m)
| shipbeam = 56'10.75" (17.3m)
| shipdepth = 27'9.25" (8.5m)
| shippropulsion = 2 oil fired boilers, single screw
| shipspeed = 11,5 knots
| shipcapacity = 10,685 tons
}}
Remarks
With Hull No 2246, she was one of 2,700 ships built to replace shipping being sunk in the North Atlantic U-Boat war. Appears to have been involved with convoys in the North Atlantic before being redeployed to the Pacific theatre where she carried stores and troops during the island hoping invasions.
Post WW2 she was handed over to the US Navy in 1956 and in 1972 she was sent to be scrapped in Philadelphia.