SS Harriet Tubman

SS Harriet Tubman (MC contract 3032) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

She was named after Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist and spy during the American Civil War, and was the first Liberty ship to be named for an African-American woman.

[1] The ship was laid down by the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine, on 19 April 1944, then launched on 3 June 1944.

Twenty-two members of Tubman's extended family attended the launch.

Eva Stuart Northrup, Tubman's great-niece, christened the ship.