SS Harriet Tubman (MC contract 3032) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist and spy during the American Civil War, and was the first Liberty ship to be named for an African-American woman.[1]

The ship was laid down by the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine, on 19 April 1944, then launched on 3 June 1944. Twenty-two members of Tubman's extended family attended the launch. Eva Stuart Northrup, Tubman's great-niece, christened the ship.[1] The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did; she was scrapped in 1972.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Larson, Kate Clifford (2022). Harriet Tubman: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-5381-1356-1.
  2. ^ "New England Shipbuilding Company, South Portland ME". shipbuildinghistory.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Harriet_Tubman
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