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|Ship name= ''John Bascom''<br />
|Ship namesake= [[John Bascom]]<br />
|Ship owner= [[War Shipping Administration]] (WSA)<br />
|Ship operator= [[Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.]]<br />
|Ship ordered= as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, [[Maritime Commission|MC]] hull 1521<br />
|Ship builder=[[J.A. Jones Construction]], [[Panama City, Florida|Panama City]], Florida<br />
|Ship original cost=$2,062,150{{sfn|MARCOM}}<br />
|Ship sponsor= Mrs. Harry G. Fannin<br />
|Ship laid down= 7 September 1942<br />
|Ship launched= 31 March 1943<br />
|Ship completed= 30 April 1943<br />
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|Ship fate= *Sunk off [[Bari]], Italy, 2 December 1943<br />
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'''SS ''John Bascom''''' was a [[Liberty ship]] built in the [[United States]] during [[World War II]]. She was named after [[John Bascom]], a professor of [[rhetoric]] at [[Williams College]] from 1855 to 1874, and the president of the [[University of Wisconsin]] from 1874 to 1887.<br />
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==Construction==<br />
''John Bascom'' was laid down on 7 September 1942, under a [[Maritime Commission]] (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1521, by [[J.A. Jones Construction]], [[Panama City, Florida|Panama City]], Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Harry G. Fannin, the wife of the mayor of Panama City, she was launched on 31 March 1943.{{sfn|J.A. Panama City|2022}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}<br />
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==History==<br />
She was allocated to [[Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.]], on 30 April 1943. On 2 December 1943, she was sunk during the [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[air raid on Bari]], Italy. On 20 February 1948, she was sold, along with 39 other vessels, including her [[sister ships]] {{SS|Isaac Shelby}} and {{SS|Niels Poulson}}, for $520,000, to [[Venturi Salvaggi Ricuperi Imprese Marittime Societa per Azioni]], [[Genoa]].{{sfn|MARAD}}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*Captain Otto Heitmann, Master of ''John Bascom'' was given the [[Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal]] by The President of the United States. With disregard to his painful injuries he aided and comforted his crew.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.usmm.org/heroes.html|title=Merchant Marine Heroes - Citations for Distinguished Service Medal during World War II|website=www.usmm.org|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref><br />
*Allen G. Collins, Third Mate on ''John Bascom'' was given the [[Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal]] by The President of the United States. Collins showed great courage and his self-sacrificing to aid his shipmates. ''John Bascom'' was attacked in the harbor of Bari, Italy. Around exploding and sinking ship that caused fire on ''John Bascom''{{'}}s deck with strafing enemy planes, Collins continued his gun crew until seriously wounded by a bomb. Wounded, he assisted other men to lifeboats, helped lower the boat, manned an oar for the trip to the breakwater and assisted in dragging three additional injured men from the flaming oil covered waters of the harbor. Several days later he died in a local hospital as a result of the injuries he had incurred.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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* {{cite web<br />
| url = http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonespanamacity.htm<br />
| title = Jones Construction, Panama City FL<br />
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com<br />
| date = 13 October 2010<br />
| access-date = 20 November 2017<br />
| ref = {{sfnRef|J.A. Panama City|2022}}<br />
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* {{cite web <br />
|url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/6034<br />
|title=John Bascom<br />
|author=Maritime Administration <br />
|work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card<br />
|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration <br />
|access-date= 11 December 2019<br />
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* {{cite web<br />
|last= Davies<br />
|first= James<br />
|url= http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf<br />
|title= Specifications (As-Built)<br />
|page=23<br />
|date= May 2004<br />
|access-date= 20 November 2017<br />
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* {{cite web<br />
|url= http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=John%20Bascom&code=B1521a<br />
|title= SS ''John Bascom''<br />
|access-date= 11 December 2019<br />
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