SS Clara Barton
World War II Liberty ship of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Clara Barton (Hull Number 636) was a standard Liberty ship, Type EC2-S-C1, built by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, for the United States Maritime Commission and delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for operation as allocated by WSA during World War II. She was named after Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did; she was scrapped in 1970.
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Name | Clara Barton |
Namesake | Clara Barton |
Builder | California Shipbuilding, Los Angeles CA |
Laid down | 19 July 1942 |
Launched | 25 August 1942 |
Acquired | 12 September 1942 (delivered to War Shipping Administration) |
Fate | Scrapped, 1970 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Liberty ship |
Tonnage | 7,176 GRT, 10,807 DWT |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 10 in (8.48 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity | 9,140 tons cargo |
Complement | 41 |
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