Name SS David E. Hughes Yard number 199 Laid down 10 May 1943 Launched 31 May 1943 | Namesake David E. Hughes Way number 4 Construction started 10 May 1943 Length 135 m | |
Builder California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, California | ||
SS David E. Hughes (MC contract 1666) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after David E. Hughes, an American musician, professor, and inventor.
The ship was laid down at the California Shipbuilding Corporation in Los Angeles, California, on 10 May 1943, then launched on 31 May 1943. She survived the war, but was scuttled with obsolete ammunition in 1970.
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