History
United States
Name	James K. Paulding
Namesake	James K. Paulding
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	United States Navigation Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2477
Awarded	23 April 1943
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost	$1,036,829[2]
Yard number	41
Way number	5
Laid down	30 March 1944
Launched	12 May 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. M.V. McFarland
Completed	30 May 1944
Identification	Call sign: WOON [2]
Fate	Laid up in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 14 November 1947 Sold for scrapping, 22 September 1964, removed from fleet, 30 October 1964
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS James K. Paulding was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James K. Paulding, an American writer and the 11th United States Secretary of the Navy.

James K. Paulding was laid down on 30 March 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2477, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. M.V. McFarland, the wife of the War Shipping Administration (WSA) manager in, Jacksonville, and was launched on 12 May 1944.^[1][2]

She was allocated to the United States Navigation Company, on 30 May 1944. On 14 November 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama,. She was sold for scrapping, 22 September 1964, to Southern Scrap Material Co., Ltd., for $51,666.88. She was removed from the fleet on 30 October 1964.^[4]