SS Uriah M. Rose
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| Name: | SS Uriah M. Rose |
| Namesake: | Uriah M. Rose |
| Builder: | Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California |
| Yard number: | 2729 |
| Way number: | 7 |
| Laid down: | 19 December 1943 |
| Launched: | 10 January 1944 |
| Status: |
Sold, 1947 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 Uriah M. Rose (MC contract 2729) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Uriah M. Rose, an influential Arkansas lawyer.
The ship was laid down by Permanente Metals in their Richmond Yard #2 on December 19, 1943, then launched on January 10, 1944. The ship survived the war and was sold into private ownership in 1947. She was scrapped in 1972.[1]
References
- ↑ "Kaiser Permanente No. 2". shipbuildinghistory.com. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/kperm2.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
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