JOHN W BROWN
Cargo · Alaska (United States)
Current position
updated 40 days agoIdentity & particulars
- Name
- JOHN W BROWN
- IMO number
- 8862739
- MMSI
- 303348100
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇺🇸 Alaska (United States)
- Vessel type
- Cargo
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 128 m
- Beam
- 19 m
- Year built
- 1942
- Builder
- Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About JOHN W BROWN
SS John W. Brown is a Liberty ship, one of two still operational and one of three preserved as museum ships. As a Liberty ship, she operated as a merchant ship of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II and later was a vocational high school training ship in New York City for many years. Now preserved, she is a museum ship and cruise ship berthed at Pier 13 in Baltimore Harbor in Maryland. John W. Brown was named after the Canadian-born American labor union leader John W. Brown (1867–1941). The other surviving operational Liberty ship is SS Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco, California. A third Liberty ship, SS Hellas Liberty (ex-SS Arthur M. Huddell) is preserved as a static museum ship in Piraeus, Greece.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is JOHN W BROWN now?
- JOHN W BROWN (IMO 8862739) was last detected in the North Pacific Ocean at 39.2596° N, 76.5561° W, making 0.0 knots — 40 days ago. Seadar tracks JOHN W BROWN live and free using AIS, with no paywall on position or identity.
- What kind of ship is JOHN W BROWN?
- JOHN W BROWN is a cargo sailing under the flag of Alaska (United States), built in 1942 by Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard. The vessel is 128 m long with a beam of 19 m.
- Has JOHN W BROWN been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for JOHN W BROWN appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).