SS Daniel H. Hill

SS Daniel H. Hill (MC contract 875) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Daniel Harvey Hill, a Confederate general who commanded units from North Carolina in the American Civil War.

History
United States
Name	Daniel H. Hill
Namesake	Daniel Harvey Hill
Builder	North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number	53
Way number	8
Laid down	29 November 1942
Launched	27 December 1942
Fate	Scrapped 1964
General characteristics
Type	Liberty ship
Tonnage	7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine Single screw 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity	9,140 tons cargo
Complement	41
Armament	1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun AA guns

The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 29, 1942, and launched on December 27, 1942.[1] Hill was chartered to American Export Lines until August 1946 by the War Shipping Administration. From December 1946 until October 1947 she was chartered to Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, who delivered Hill to the Mobile Fleet of the National Defense Reserve Fleet at the end. She was scrapped in 1964.[2]