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| shipfate = Scrapped
 
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| shiptype = Standard Liberty ship
 
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| shippropulsion = 2,500 HP
 
| shippropulsion = 2,500 HP
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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
Named after Miguel Josep Serra who was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was an explorer and missionary. He founded a series of 21 Franciscan Missions in Alta, California. At the completion of the war ownership transferred to the US Department of Commerce, before it was sold in 1959 to be scrapped in Seattle during 1960.
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Named after Miguel Josep Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar who was an explorer and missionary. He founded a series of Franciscan Missions in Alta, California. Her construction as a standard Libety ship. She was assigned to the Pacific campaign where she carried stores to American troops, and also on occasion, troops.  
  
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At the completion of the war ownership transferred to the US Department of Commerce, and she was laid up by the US Maritime Administration in the reserve fleet anchorage at Astoria, Oregan before it was sold along with 46 other ships in 1958 to be scrapped, in her case in Seattle during 1960.
  
The ship was built in 41 days. Her war service was in the Pacific Ocean, carrying troops and stores from Queensland ports to New Guinea.
 
  
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The ship was built in 41 days. Her war service was in the Pacific Ocean, carrying troops and stores from Queensland ports to New Guinea.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==
  
 
===Brisbane to Buna, Papua 18 - 29 Aug 1943===
 
===Brisbane to Buna, Papua 18 - 29 Aug 1943===
*[[Donald James Anderson]]
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* [[Donald James Anderson]]
  
  
 
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[[Category:Ships]]

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SS Junipero Serra
SS Junipero Serra.jpg
History
Name Junipero Serra
Owner Operated by Sudden & Christenson
Builder US War Shipping Admin
Completed 30 Jun 1942
In service 23 Jul 1942
Out of service 1959
Reclassified Type EC2-S-C1
Fate Scrapped
General characteristics
Type Standard Liberty ship
Tonnage 13,910 tons
Length 459 ft (139.90 m)
Beam 63 ft (19.20 m)
Depth 40 ft (12.19 m draft 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
Propulsion 2,500 HP
Speed 11 knots (20.37 km/h)
Capacity crew of 44 plus 12 - 15 gun crew.



Remarks

Named after Miguel Josep Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar who was an explorer and missionary. He founded a series of Franciscan Missions in Alta, California. Her construction as a standard Libety ship. She was assigned to the Pacific campaign where she carried stores to American troops, and also on occasion, troops.

At the completion of the war ownership transferred to the US Department of Commerce, and she was laid up by the US Maritime Administration in the reserve fleet anchorage at Astoria, Oregan before it was sold along with 46 other ships in 1958 to be scrapped, in her case in Seattle during 1960.


The ship was built in 41 days. Her war service was in the Pacific Ocean, carrying troops and stores from Queensland ports to New Guinea.

Soldiers carried

Brisbane to Buna, Papua 18 - 29 Aug 1943