SS Abraham Clark
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| Name: | SS Abraham Clark |
| Namesake: | Abraham Clark |
| Builder: | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles |
| Laid down: | 3 December 1941 |
| Launched: | 2 April 1942 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1947. Wrecked, 1959. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Liberty ship |
| Tonnage: | 7,000 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: |
2 oil-fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine 1 screw 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Capacity: | 9,140 long tons (9,287 t) cargo |
| Complement: | 41 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines • Variety of anti-aircraft guns |
SS Abraham Clark (Hull Number 75) was a Liberty ship built at in the United States during World War II. She was named after Abraham Clark, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey.
The ship was laid down by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles[1] on 3 December 1941, then launched on 2 April 1942. She took part in operations supporting the invasion of Normandy in June 1944[2].
The ship survived the war and was sold into private ownership in 1947. However, in 1959, the ship was wrecked off Grays Harbor in Washington and subsequently scrapped.
References
- ↑ "Liberty Ships built by California Shipbuilding Corp., Terminal Island, for U. S. Maritime Commission 1941-1945". American Merchant Marine at War. 1998-2002. http://www.usmm.org/l/calship.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ↑ "American Merchant Marine Ships at Normandy in June 1944". American Merchant Marine at War. 1998-2002. http://www.usmm.org/normandyships.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
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