History
United States
Name	Joel Palmer
Namesake	Oregon Pioneer, Joel Palmer
Builder	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Yard number	2025
Laid down	6 May 1943
Launched	5 June 1943
Completed	13 June 1943 (37 days)
Out of service	September 1964
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage	7,176 GRT 10,600 DWT Bale (cubic capacity): 490,000
Displacement	14,245 tons
Length	441.5 ft (134.6 m)
Beam	57 ft (17 m)
Draft	28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion	two 220 PSI boilers, a single three cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engine, single 4 blade, 18' 6" propeller, Shaft Horsepower, 2,500. (Engine Builder: Filer & Stowell Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Complement	39

SS Joel Palmer was a Liberty Ship used in World War II by the U.S. to transport troops, supplies, munitions, weapons mostly in Australia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. The ship was named after Oregon Pioneer Joel Palmer (1810–1881). Joel Palmer was operated under a charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration by the American Mail Line.

She was built in 1943 at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.^[1] She made at least 12 port calls from August 1943 to May 1945.^[2]

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