SS Andrew Hamilton was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Andrew Hamilton, a Scottish lawyer in the Thirteen Colonies, where he finally settled in Philadelphia. He was best known for his legal victory on behalf of the printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger. This 1735 decision in New York helped to establish that truth is a defense to an accusation of libel. Hamilton, in company with his son-in-law, William Allen, purchased the ground, whereon to erect "a suitable building" to be used as a legislative hall, now known as Independence Hall.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - SS Andrew Hamilton was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Andrew Hamilton, a Scottish lawyer in the Thirteen Colonies, where he finally settled in Philadelphia. He was best known for his legal victory on behalf of the printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger. This 1735 decision in New York helped to establish that truth is a defense to an accusation of libel. Hamilton, in company with his son-in-law, William Allen, purchased the ground, whereon to erect "a suitable building" to be used as a legislative hall, now known as Independence Hall. (en)
|
foaf:name
| |
dct:subject
| |
Wikipage page ID
| |
Wikipage revision ID
| |
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
| |
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
| |
sameAs
| |
Ship awarded
| |
Ship operator
| |
Ship ordered
| - as type hull, MCE hull 57 (en)
|
Ship original cost
| |
Ship sponsor
| |
Ship way number
| |
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
Ship builder
| - Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland (en)
|
Ship completed
| |
Ship country
| |
Ship fate
| |
Ship identification
| |
Ship laid down
| |
Ship launched
| |
Ship name
| |
Ship namesake
| |
Ship owner
| |
Ship yard number
| |
has abstract
| - SS Andrew Hamilton was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Andrew Hamilton, a Scottish lawyer in the Thirteen Colonies, where he finally settled in Philadelphia. He was best known for his legal victory on behalf of the printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger. This 1735 decision in New York helped to establish that truth is a defense to an accusation of libel. Hamilton, in company with his son-in-law, William Allen, purchased the ground, whereon to erect "a suitable building" to be used as a legislative hall, now known as Independence Hall. (en)
|
prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |
page length (characters) of wiki page
| |
completion date
| |
cost ($)
| |
laying down
| |
ship launched
| |
status
| - Laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet,Wilmington, North Carolina, 14 April 1948. Sold for scrapping, 9 April 1962, withdrawn from fleet, 11 May 1962
|
builder
| |