SS_Francisco_Coronado

SS <i>Francisco Coronado</i>

SS Francisco Coronado

Liberty ship of WWII

SS Francisco Coronado was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. The ship was named after Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján, a Spanish conquistador who explored the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542. The ship was built at the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company's shipyard at Vancouver, Washington.

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Service history

SS Francisco Coronado was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under contract number 394 from Kaiser Shipbuilding's Vancouver Shipyard as Yard number 42. She was operated by Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. [2][3][4][5][lower-alpha 1] The ship was laid down on 18 November 1942.[7] She was launched on 5 January 1943[2] and was completed on 20 January 1943. [7]

The ship was sold for demolition to Patapsco Scrap Company on 9 March 1959,[2] and broken up at Baltimore in March 1962.[2][3]

Notes

  1. Another Kaiser yard, Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, was awarded Maritime Commission contract number 1748, to be named Francisco Coronado (Yard number 674), but this contract was cancelled.[6]

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Davies 2004, p. 23.
  2. [2]
    "2242786". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. [3]
    Colton, Tim. "Kaiser Vancouver". Shipbuilding History. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    Lloyd's Register of Ships: Steamships and motorships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1945. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. [5]
    Sawyer, Leonard; Mitchell, William (1970). The Liberty Ships. Cornell Maritime Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780870331527. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. [6]
    Colton, Tim. "Oregon Shipbuilding". Shipbuilding History. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  7. [7]
    Davies 2004, p. 127.

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