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|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United States |flag= {{USN flag|1949}} |name= ''William Johnson'' |namesake=William Johnson |owner = War Shipping Administration (WSA) |operator = A.H. Bull & Co., Inc. |awarded = 14 March 1941 |ordered = as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 40 |builder= Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}} |original_cost=$1,056,310{{sfn|MARCOM}} |yard_number= 2027 |way_number= 12 |laid_down= 18 March 1942 |launched= 22 May 1942 |completed= 16 June 1942 |sponsor= Miss Irene Long |identification = *Call sign: KFUW *{{ICS|Kilo}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}{{ICS|Uniform}}{{ICS|Whiskey}}{{sfn|MARCOM}} |motto= |fate=* Laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 15 October 1948 * Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 27 July 1949 *Sold for scrapping, 8 May 1961 |notes= |badge= }}
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'''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.
==Construction== ''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.{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}
==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.{{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 = 14 August 2008 | access-date = 25 February 2020 | ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}} }} * {{cite web |url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5274 |title=William Johnson |author=Maritime Administration |work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration |access-date= 25 February 2020 |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= 25 February 2020 }} * {{cite web |url= http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=William%20Johnson&code=B0040a |title= SS ''William Johnson'' |access-date= 25 February 2020 |ref= {{sfnRef|MARCOM}} }} {{refend}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:William Johnson}} Category:Liberty ships Category:Ships built in Baltimore Category:1942 ships Category:Hudson River Reserve Fleet Category:Mobile Reserve Fleet