SS Junipero Serra

SS Junipero Serra was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. The ship was operated by the War Shipping Administration. In 1959, the ship was scrapped in Seattle, meeting the same fate as most other Liberty ships.

SS Junipero Serra
A Liberty ship at sea
History
United States
NameJunipero Serra
NamesakeJunípero Serra
OwnerWar Shipping Administration
OperatorSudden & Christenson Company
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation
Yard number292
Way number43[1]
Laid down20 May 1942
Launched30 June 1942
Completed12 July 1942
FateScrapped, 1959 in Seattle
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
Tonnage
Displacement
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
Speed11.5 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
Armament

Career

Junipero Serra was laid down on 20 May 1942 as Yard Number 292 by the California Shipbuilding Corporation (Calship) in Los Angeles.[3] The ship was launched on 30 June 1942 and was completed on 12 July 1942.[3] The ship, named after the Spanish priest and missionary Junípero Serra y Ferrer, was Calship's 42nd Liberty ship completed.[4] It took 41 days to complete, surpassing Calship's previous record of quickest Liberty ship built by 18 days; the previous record was held by the SS Joseph McKenna.[4]

For World War II she was operated by Sudden & Christenson Company for the United States Maritime Commission. She was built under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. United States Navy Armed Guard manned the deck guns.

The ship was scrapped in February 1959 in Seattle.[3]

References

Citations
  1. Shaw 1961, p. 78.
  2. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 65.
  4. American Society of Marine Engineers 1942, p. 18.

Bibliography
  • American Society of Marine Engineers, ed. (1942). The Log, Volume 37. Miller Freeman Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). ""Liberty" Cargo Ship – Feature Article" (PDF). ww2ships.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  • Shaw, Alexander (1961). Liberty Ships: Twenty Years Later. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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