| SS Zachary Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | SS Zachary Taylor |
| Namesake: | Zachary Taylor |
| Builder: | Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California |
| Yard number: | 44 |
| Way number: | 7 |
| Laid down: | 6 October 1941 |
| Launched: | 28 February 1942 |
| Status: | Scrapped, 1961 |
| 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 Zachary Taylor (MC contract 244) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President of the United States.
The ship was laid down by Permanente Metals in their Richmond Yard #2 on 6 October 1941, then launched on 28 February 1942. After the war she went on to suffer the same fate as most of the other surviving Liberty ships: she was scrapped in 1961.[1]
After the end of World War 2, the SS Zachary Taylor was used to bring displaced European immigrants (mostly Jews) to New York City.
References[]
- ↑ "Kaiser Permanente No. 2". shipbuildinghistory.com. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/kperm2.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
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