SS Charles Bulfinch
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Charles Bulfinch |
| Namesake: | Charles Bulfinch |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore |
| Yard number: | 2149 |
| Way number: | 3 |
| Laid down: | 14 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 10 June 1943 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1971 |
| 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: |
Two oil fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine Single screw 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Capacity: | 9,140 tons cargo |
| Complement: | 41 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun • AA guns |
SS Charles Bulfinch (MC contract 999) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Charles Bulfinch, an American architect whose major works include Massachusetts State House in Boston and the completion of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C..
The ship was laid down at the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, on 14 May 1943, then launched on 10 June 1943. The ship survived the war and was scrapped in 1971.[1]
References
- ↑ "Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Inc., Baltimore MD". www.shipbuildinghistory.com. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/bethfairfield.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
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