SS Jeremiah O'Brien
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Not to be confused with USS O'Brien.
SS Jeremiah O'Brien is a Liberty ship built during World War II and named after the American Revolutionary War ship captain Jeremiah O'Brien (1744–1818).
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SS Jeremiah O'Brien at its former berth at Pier 45 in San Francisco | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Jeremiah O'Brien |
Namesake | Jeremiah O'Brien |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | Grace Line, Inc. |
Port of registry | |
Builder | New England Shipbuilding Corporation |
Yard number | 230 |
Laid down | 6 May 1943 |
Launched | 19 June 1943 |
In service | 3 July 1943 |
Out of service | 7 February 1946 |
Identification |
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Status | Seagoing museum ship since 1979 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | EC2-S-C1 (Liberty ship) |
Displacement | 15,928 short tons (14,450 t) |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 57 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Armament |
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SS Jeremiah O'Brien | |
Location | Pier 35, San Francisco, California |
Coordinates | 37°48′31″N 122°24′25″W |
Built | 1943 |
Architect | New York Shipbuilding Corp. |
NRHP reference No. | 78003405 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 7 June 1978[3] |
Designated NHL | 14 January 1986[4] |
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Now based in San Francisco, she is a rare survivor[lower-alpha 1] of the 6,939-ship 6 June 1944 D-Day armada off the coast of Normandy, France.[5]
Of the 2,710 Liberty ships that were built, only the Jeremiah O'Brien and the SS John W. Brown (both operational as of 2024) and the SS Hellas Liberty (a static museum ship) are still afloat.[6]