{{Short description|Liberty ship of WWII}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United States |flag= {{USN flag|1946}} |name=* ''John Woolman'', before 14 October 1942 * ''Willard Hall'', renamed 14 October 1942 |namesake=* John Woolman * Willard Hall |owner = War Shipping Administration (WSA) |operator = Stockard Steamship Corp. |awarded = 30 January 1942 |ordered = as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 930 |builder= Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2021}} |original_cost=$1,076,324{{sfn|MARCOM}} |yard_number= 2080 |way_number= 16 |laid_down= 29 November 1942 |launched= 28 December 1942 |completed= 11 January 1943 |sponsor= |identification = *Call sign: KKGE *{{ICS|Kilo}}{{ICS|Kilo}}{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Echo}}{{sfn|MARCOM}} |motto= |fate= Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 14 June 1946, sold for scrap 22 March 1966 |notes= |badge= }}
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'''SS ''Willard Hall''''' was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Willard Hall, a Delaware attorney and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware Senate, as a United States representative from Delaware and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
==Construction== ''Willard Hall'' was laid down on 29 November 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 930, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 28 December 1942.{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2021}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}
==History== She was allocated to the Stockard Steamship Corp., on 11 January 1943.{{sfn|MARAD}}
On 14 June 1946, she was laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, in Hoboken, New Jersey. On 5 December 1946, she was towed to Norfolk, Virginia, for an estimated $44,088 in repairs. On 6 January 1947, there was a pending sale to Marine Tranport Lines, Inc., but on 9 January 1947, she was reallocated to Stockard SS Co. On 2 October 1947, she was laid up in the Wilmington Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 2 February 1966, she was sold to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $46,400, to be scrapped.{{sfn|MARAD}}
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==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} * {{cite web | url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethfairfield.htm | title = Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD | publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com | date = 7 August 2021 | access-date = 16 July 2025 | ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2021}} }} * {{cite web |url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5174 |title=Willard Hall |author=Maritime Administration |work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration |access-date= 16 July 2025 |ref={{sfnref|MARAD}} }} * {{cite web |last= Davies |first= James |url= http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf |title= Specifications (As-Built) |page=23 |date= May 2004 |access-date= 16 July 2025 }} * {{cite web |url= https://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Willard%20Hall&code=B0930a |title= SS ''Willard Hall'' |access-date= 16 July 2025 |ref= {{sfnRef|MARCOM}} }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Willard Hall}} Category:Liberty ships Category:Ships built in Baltimore Category:1943 ships Category:Hudson River Reserve Fleet Category:Wilmington Reserve Fleet