SS William S. Ladd [SEP] conflict
SS William S. Ladd
SS "William S. Ladd" (MC hull number 2084) was an American Liberty ship built during World War II, one of the 2,710 type 'EC2-S-C1' ships that carried all kinds and types of dry cargo during the war. She was named for William S. Ladd, an American politician and businessman in Oregon, who twice served as Portland's mayor in the 1850s. The ship's keel was laid on August 29, 1943, and 15 days later, on September 13,
of Ladd and Reed's farm in Washington County, with the school named in Ladd's honor.
Reed College was built on forty acres of William S. Ladd's land. The site for the college was donated by his son William M. Ladd.
The "SS William S. Ladd" Liberty ship (#2084) honouring his memory was launched on September 13, 1943 and was sunk by Kamikaze attack on December 10, 1944, 11 miles south of Dulag, Leyte, Pacific Islands.
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