SS Will Rogers

History
United States
Name	Will Rogers
Namesake	Will Rogers
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Merchant & Miners Transportation, Co.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 923
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,061,559
Yard number	2073
Way number	15
Laid down	11 October 1942
Launched	8 November 1942
Sponsored by	Betty Rogers
Completed	27 November 1942
Identification	Call sign: KFDC; ;
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 12 April 1948; Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 21 December 1949; Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 9 April 1952; Sold for scrapping, 12 March 1971, removed from fleet, 25 March 1961;
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 Ellicott Machine Corp., Baltimore, Maryland); 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;

NameWill Rogers

NamesakeWill Rogers

OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)

OperatorMerchant & Miners Transportation, Co.

SS Will Rogers was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Will Rogers, an American stage and film actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma.

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United States
Name	Will Rogers
Namesake	Will Rogers
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Merchant & Miners Transportation, Co.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 923
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland^[1]
Cost	$1,061,559^[2]
Yard number	2073
Way number	15
Laid down	11 October 1942
Launched	8 November 1942
Sponsored by	Betty Rogers
Completed	27 November 1942
Identification	Call sign: KFDC ^[2]
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 12 April 1948 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 21 December 1949 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 9 April 1952 Sold for scrapping, 12 March 1971, removed from fleet, 25 March 1961


General characteristics ^[3]
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 Ellicott Machine Corp., Baltimore, Maryland) 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