SS Junipero Serra
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| 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.