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| Name | Howell E. Jackson |
| Namesake | Howell E. Jackson |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Marine Transport Line |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1498 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
| Cost | $1.851.609[1] |
| Yard number | 114 |
| Way number | 4 |
| Laid down | 22 May 1943 |
| Launched | 6 September 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Nobie Ramspeck |
| Completed | 25 September 1943 |
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| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Howell E. Jackson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Howell E. Jackson, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a United States senator from Tennessee.
Howell E. Jackson was laid down on 22 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1498, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia;[3] sponsored by Nobie Ramspeck,[1] wife of House Majority Whip Robert Ramspeck, and launched on 6 September 1943.[3]
She was allocated to Marine Transport Line, on 25 September 1943. On 7 June 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 9 August 1962, she was sold to North American Smelting Company, for $45,025, for scrapping, she was delivered on 29 August 1962.[4][5]
