SS Zachary Taylor
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Zachary Taylor |
Namesake | Zachary Taylor |
Builder | Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California |
Yard number | 44 |
Way number | 7 |
Laid down | 6 October 1941 |
Launched | 28 February 1942 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1961 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Liberty ship |
Tonnage | 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Capacity | 9,140 tons cargo |
Complement | 41 |
Armament |
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SS Zachary Taylor (
MC contract 244) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President of the United States
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The ship was laid down by Permanente Metals in their Richmond Yard #2 on 6 October 1941, then launched on 28 February 1942. After the war she went on to suffer the same fate as most of the other surviving Liberty ships: she was scrapped in 1961.[1]
After the end of World War II, Zachary Taylor was used to bring displaced European immigrants (mostly Jews) to New York City.[Brooklyn, New York at the Brooklyn Army Terminal on 19 September 1949. [citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Kaiser Permanente No. 2". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.