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   When was the USS Selma built?

   • Such a ship was in fact constructed using 100% expanded shale lightweight aggregate and it was launched in June 1919. She was christened the U.S.S. Selma, after the city in Alabama and honoring it for a Liberty Loan drive.

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   When was the SS Selma built?

   • A remnant of the experimental concrete ships approved by Woodrow Wilson during the WWI steel shortage, the SS Selma was built in 1919 by F.F. Ley and Company of Mobile, Alabama. The 7,500-ton ship was one of 24 slotted for construction, of which only 12 were ever finished.

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   Was the Selma a concrete ship?

   • The S.S. Selma was an experimental oil tanker ship made from concrete during the final months of World War I. The United States experimented with concrete as a shipbuilding material as a way to conserve steel during wartime. Twelve concrete ships were completed by various contractors and proved the viability of the concept.

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   Where is SS Selma located?

   • It lies approximately one mile north of Galveston Island . Steel shortages during World War I led the US to build experimental concrete ships, the largest of which was the SS Selma, today partially submerged in Galveston Bay and visible from both the Houston Ship Channel and Seawolf Park .

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   Why was the Selma a warship?

   • The 7,500-ton ship was one of 24 slotted for construction, of which only 12 were ever finished. Intended to be a warship, the concrete giant was launched the day Germany effectively ended the war by signing the Treaty of Versailles, thus leaving the Selma to serve as a civilian oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico.

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   What happened to the SS Selma?

   • Within less than a year of service, the ill-fated tanker was damaged when it hit a jetty in Tampico, Mexico, tearing a 60-ft hole in her hull. When repairs proved difficult and decidedly not very cost effective, a 1,500-ft. long, 25-ft. deep channel was dug, and the SS Selma was intentionally put to rest in an early grave.

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   SS Selma was built in Mobile, Alabama, and named to honor Selma, Alabama, for its successful wartime liberty loan drive. The ship was launched on June 28, 1919, the same day Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles , officially ending World War I.

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   S. S. Selma. The S. S. Selma was an oil tanker constructed by F. F. Ley & Company, in Mobile, Alabama and launched on June 28, 1919. She is the sister ship of the S. S. Latham. On May 11, 1920, the Selma struck a jetty at Tampico, Florida and was damaged.

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   Dec 22, 2013 · A remnant of the experimental concrete ships approved by Woodrow Wilson during the World War I steel shortage, the SS Selma was built in 1919 by F.F. Ley and Company of Mobile, Alabama. The...

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   The Selma was not the first concrete ship to be constructed in the United States – the 3,000-ton Atlantis using normal weight aggregate had been launched in December 1918 – but she was the largest.

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   Jun 3, 2024 · Built by F. T. Ley & Company in Mobile, Mobile County, the S.S. Selma launched on June 28, 1919, the same day World War I officially ended. It was subsequently sold by the government to a private company and entered service as an oil tanker servicing several ports on the Gulf Coast.

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   A 7500-ton reinforced expanded shale concrete tanker, the USS Selma was constructed at Mobile, Alabama, and launched on June 26, 1919. After several years’ service this vessel was purposely sunk in Galveston Bay where it has lain partially submerged ever since.

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   SS Selma was built in Mobile, Alabama, and named to honor Selma, Alabama, for its successful wartime liberty loan drive. The ship was launched on June 28, 1919, the same day Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I.