Editing SS Patrick Henry (section)

{{Short description|Liberty ship of WWII}}
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| Ship image=SS Patrick Henry Liberty ship 1941.jpg
| Ship caption=''Patrick Henry'' September 1941
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| Ship country= United States
| Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}}
| Ship name=''Patrick Henry''
| Ship namesake=[[Patrick Henry]]
| Ship owner = [[War Shipping Administration]] (WSA)
| Ship operator = [[Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., Inc.]]
| Ship awarded = 14 March 1941
| Ship ordered = as type ([[Liberty ship|EC2-S-C1]]) hull, [[Maritime Commission|MCE]] hull 14
| Ship builder= [[Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard]], [[Baltimore]], Maryland{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}
| Ship original cost=$1,613,203{{sfn|MARCOM}}
| Ship yard number= 2001
| Ship way number= 1
| Ship laid down= 30 April 1941
| Ship launched= 27 September 1941
| Ship completed= 30 December 1941
| Ship sponsor= [[Ilo Browne Wallace]]
| Ship identification = *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: KIVU
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| Ship fate=* Grounded off [[Florida]], July 1946
* Laid up in the [[National Defense Reserve Fleet]], [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], Alabama, 22 August 1946
|*Sold for scrapping, 18 September 1958, withdrawn from fleet, 22 October 1958
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| Ship displacement = {{Liberty ship displacement}}
| Ship length = {{Liberty ship length}}
| Ship beam = {{Liberty ship beam}}
| Ship draft = {{Liberty ship draft}}
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| Ship power = {{Liberty ship power}}
| Ship propulsion = {{Liberty ship propulsion|8}}
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'''SS ''Patrick Henry''''' was the first [[Liberty ship]] launched. It was built by the [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]] at their [[Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard]] in [[Baltimore]], Maryland. She was named after [[Patrick Henry]], an [[United States|American]] attorney, planter, and [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] as well as the [[List of governors of Virginia|first and sixth]] post-colonial [[Governor of Virginia]], from 1776 to 1779 and 1784 to 1786.