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 Sister ship of SS Charles Lummis | |
| History | |
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| Name | SS Charles Lummis |
| Owner | US Marine Corps |
| Launched | 5 May 1943 |
| Completed | June 1943 |
| In service | 4 Jul 1943 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo vessel |
| Tonnage | 7,176 tons |
| Length | 134.57 metres |
| Beam | 17.3 metres |
| Depth | 8.5 metres |
| Propulsion | Two oil fired boilers, single screw |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Capacity | 38 - 62 crew plus 21 - 40 Naval staff to man armanents. |
Remarks
A US Liberty Ship named after an early American Journalist and first editor of the Los Angeles Times, Charles Fletcher Lummis. Laid down on 13 April she was launched on 5 May 1943. Her first voyage was from Los Angeles to Hobart, and then on to Karachi and Milne Bay in PNG.
Armament - Stern-mounted 4-in (102 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns.