SS Howard A. Kelly

SS Howard A. Kelly was an American Liberty ship built in 1943 for service in World War II. Her namesake was Howard Atwood Kelly, a famed surgical gynecologist and one of the "Big Four" founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Design

Like other Liberty ships, she was long and wide, carried of cargo and had a top speed of. Most Liberty ships were named after prominent deceased Americans.

Construction

Howard A. Kelly was laid down on 8 February 1943, under a Maritime Commission contract, MCE hull 955, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 18 March 1943.

History

She was allocated to the A.L. Burbank & Co., Ltd., on 29 March 1943.
On 2 November 1948, she was laid up in the Beaumont [Reserve Fleet], in Beaumont, Texas. On 27 Mayy 1949, she was sold to Actium SS Corp., and renamed Tainaron. She was sold in November 1954, to Ronda Compania Maritime, S.A., reflagged in Liberia, and renamed Aktion. In 1960, while still owned by the same company, she was renamed, Olympos, and reflagged in Greece. In 1966, she was again flagged in Liberia, and renamed Olympian. In 1968, she was sold to Amicus SS Co., and renamed Binky. She was scrapped in Taiwan, in 1969.