Name/Title
Maritime Service Port Said Leave passEntry/Object ID
2013.1.74Description
Irvin English shore leave pass for Port Said, Egypt issued in 1943.
English was serving as an oiler aboard the SS William Johnson.
SS William Johnson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William Johnson, a state legislator and judge in South Carolina, and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1804 to his death in 1834.
William Johnson was laid down on 18 March 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 38, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; sponsored by Miss Irene Long, the secretary to Vice Admiral Howard L. Vickery, and was launched on 22 May 1942.
History
She was allocated to A.H. Bull & Co., Inc., on 16 June 1942. On 15 October 1948, she was laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. On 27 July 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping on 8 May 1961, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp.Cataloged By
Edwin RattermanAcquisition
Accession
2013.1Source (if not Accessioned)
Chris CausleyPublication Details
Publication Type
EphemeraDate Published
circa 1943Time Period
World War TwoDate Printed
1943Publication Language
Arabic, EnglishLocation
Location
Box
Box A-25Other
Store Room 1 ShelfCategory
StorageRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Irvin W. English
