WILLIAM B. WOODS
Year Built
1943
Official Number
243472
Shipyard
J. A. Jones Construction Company
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
EC2-S-C1
Ship Length
441.00 feet
Beam
57.00 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
4380.00 tons
Gross Tons
7176.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
499573.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
--
Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
This Liberty ship was named
for William B. Woods (1824-1887).
William Burnham Woods was a soldier and jurist. Woods was an officer in
the Union Army during the Civil War. Woods served as Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court from 1880-1887.
MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship William B. Woods at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
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Milestones
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
War Shipping Administration
Operator
A.H. Bull & Company
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
March 10, 1944
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-952 while en route from Palermo, Italy, to Naples, Italy.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Tyrrhrenian Sea
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
38° 43' N., 13° 50' E.
Incident Location Comments
47 miles northeast of Palermo, Sicily
Lives Lost
52
