SS_Betty_Zane

SS <i>Betty Zane</i>

SS Betty Zane

World War II Liberty ship of the United States

SS Betty Zane (MC contract 873) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Betty Zane, a frontier heroine of the American Revolutionary War and ancestor of author Zane Grey.

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The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 20, 1942, then launched on December 22, 1942.[1] Zane was operated by the States Marine Corporation for the War Shipping Administration until December 1946 when she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Wilmington, North Carolina.[2]

In November 1943 while in the Mediterranean Sea she was attacked by numerous German aircraft, downing a Ju 88.[3] Zane was sold to a Greek firm in December 1946 and renamed Anastassios Pateras. She was scrapped in 1968[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. [2]
    "Betty Zane". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  3. [3]
    "With the Men and Women in the Service" (PDF). Metuchen Recorder. Metuchen, NJ. July 27, 1944. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  4. [4]
    "Betty Zane". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-06.


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