SS Harriet Tubman
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Harriet Tubman |
| Namesake: | Harriet Tubman |
| Builder: | South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine |
| Yard number: | 3032 |
| Way number: | 6 |
| Laid down: | 19 April 1944 |
| Launched: | 3 June 1944 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1972 |
| 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 Harriet Tubman (MC contract 3032) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Harriet Tubman, an African-American freedom fighter during the American Civil War.
The ship was laid down by the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine, on 19 April 1944, then launched on 3 June 1944. The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did; she was scrapped in 1972.[1]
References
- ↑ "New England Shipbuilding Company, South Portland ME". shipbuildinghistory.com. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/newengland.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
