SS Junipero Serra

SS *Junipero Serra*
	A Liberty ship at sea
History
United States
Name	Junipero Serra
Namesake	Junípero Serra
Owner	War Shipping Administration
Operator	Sudden & Christenson Company
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation
Yard number	292
Way number	43
Laid down	20 May 1942
Launched	30 June 1942
Completed	12 July 1942
Fate	Scrapped, 1959 in Seattle
General characteristics
Class & type	Liberty ship; type EC2-S-C1, standard;
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT; 7,176 GRT;
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light); 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max);
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa; 416 feet (127 m) pp; 427 feet (130 m) lwl;
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa); 2,500 hp (1,900 kW);
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine, (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain); 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale);
Complement	38–62 USMM; 21–40 USNAG;
Armament	Varied by ship; Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun; Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun; 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,; 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns;

NameJunipero Serra

SS Junipero Serra was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. The ship was operated by the War Shipping Administration. In 1959, the ship was scrapped in Seattle, meeting the same fate as most other Liberty ships.

v t e MARCOM ships built by California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California, during World War II, for the U.S. Navy
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