SS Francisco Coronado
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SS Francisco Coronado was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. The ship was named after Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján, a Spanish conquistador who explored the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542. The ship was built at the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company's shipyard at Vancouver, Washington.
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Name | Francisco Coronado |
Namesake | Francisco Vázquez de Coronado |
Operator | Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company |
Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company |
Way number | 1748 |
Laid down | 18 November 1942 |
Launched | 11 January 1943 |
Completed | 20 January 1943 |
Decommissioned | March 1962 |
Fate | Scrapped 1962 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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