SS Richard Caswell
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Richard Caswell |
| Namesake | Richard Caswell |
| Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Yard number | 48 |
| Way number | 3 |
| Laid down | 6 November 1942 |
| Launched | 10 December 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-513, 16 July 1943 |
| 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 |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Capacity | 9,140 tons cargo |
| Complement | 69 |
| Armament |
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SS Richard Caswell (MC contract 870) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Richard Caswell, the first Governor of North Carolina, member of the Continental Congress, militia officer in the War of the Regulation and the American Revolutionary War. She was operated by the South Atlantic Steamship Company under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration.
The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 6, 1942, and launched on December 10, 1942.[1][2]
