History
United States
Name	Halton R. Carey
Namesake	Halton R. Carey
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2398
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost	$817,209[1]
Yard number	183
Way number	1
Laid down	21 December 1944
Launched	25 January 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. A.W. Henson
Completed	7 February 1945
Identification	Call Signal: ANIA [1]
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 17 May 1948 Sold for scrapping, 28 May 1963
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Halton R. Carey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Halton R. Carey, who was lost at sea while he was an ordinary seaman on the tanker SS W.D. Anderson, after she was torpedoed by German submarine U-504, on 22 February 1942, off Florida.

Construction

Halton R. Carey was laid down on 21 December 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2398, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. A.W. Henson, and launched on 25 January 1945.^[3][1]

History

She was allocated to American Liberty Line, on 7 February 1945. On 17 May 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Wilmington, North Carolia. On 28 May 1963, she was sold to Northern Metals Co., for scrapping.^[4][5]

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