SS Juan Pablo Duarte
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 Richmond Shipyards Permanente Metals Corporation | |
| History | |
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| Name | SS Juan Pablo Duarte |
| Owner | US Government |
| Builder | Permanente Metals Richmond, California Yard |
| Yard number | 2 |
| Launched | 23 Feb 1944 |
| In service | March 1944 |
| Fate | scraped 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Liberty Ship Design EC2-S-C1 |
| Tonnage | 14,474 tons |
| Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 10.75 in (17.3 m) |
| Depth | Draft, 27 ft 9.25 in (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21 km/h) |
Remarks
The Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, were owned by Henry J. Kaiser and managed by the Permanente Metals Corporation. The Richmond Kaiser Shipyards built 747 ships in four years during World War II, 519 of which were Liberty ships.
SS Juan Pablo Duarte was laid down on 5 Feb 1944, as Hull no 2757, and launched on 23 Feb 1944. On completion it served in the Pacific theatre of operations. It is not known if it remained in the general cargo configuration or if it was one of the 247 Liberty Ships converted as troop ships. If so, The conversion was relatively simple, with five-tier bunks being added, along with additional facilities (galleys and sanitary facilities). To provide an essential minimum of protection in the event of an emergency, additional lifeboats, liferafts and lifejackets were provided, people were generally not accommodated below the waterline and two emergency escapes were installed from each compartment.
In 1947 she was sold.