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History
United States
NameZachary Taylor
Namesake Zachary Taylor
Builder Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California
Yard number44
Way number7
Laid down6 October 1941
Launched28 February 1942
FateScrapped, 1961
General characteristics
Type Liberty ship
Tonnage7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity9,140 tons cargo
Complement41
Armament

SS Zachary Taylor ( MC contract 244) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President of the United States.

The ship was laid down by Permanente Metals in their Richmond Yard #2 on 6 October 1941, then launched on 28 February 1942. After the war she went on to suffer the same fate as most of the other surviving Liberty ships: she was scrapped in 1961. [1]

After the end of World War II, Zachary Taylor was used to bring displaced European immigrants (mostly Jews) to New York City.[ citation needed]. She docked at Brooklyn, New York at the Brooklyn Army Terminal on 19 September 1949.[ citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kaiser Permanente No. 2". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.