The ship was laid down on December 11, 1942, then launched on March 28, 1943. She was charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did; she was scrapped in 1971.[1]
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robert, hunter, contract, liberty, ship, built, united, states, during, world, named, after, robert, mercer, taliaferro, hunter, american, statesman, liberty, ship, seahistoryunited, statesnamerobert, hunternamesakerobert, hunterbuildersoutheastern, shipbuildi. SS Robert M T Hunter MC contract 348 was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II She was named after Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter an American statesman Liberty ship at seaHistoryUnited StatesNameRobert M T HunterNamesakeRobert M T HunterBuilderSoutheastern Shipbuilding Corporation Savannah GeorgiaYard number8Way number3Laid down11 December 1943Launched28 March 1943FateScrapped 1971General characteristicsTypeLiberty shipTonnage7 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 PropulsionTwo 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 cargoComplement41Armament1 Stern mounted 4 in 100 mm deck gun AA gunsThe ship was laid down on December 11 1942 then launched on March 28 1943 She was charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did she was scrapped in 1971 1 References edit Southeastern Shipbuilding shipbuildinghistory com Archived from the original on 2011 10 10 Retrieved 2009 12 16 nbsp This article about a specific Liberty ship is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Robert M T Hunter amp oldid 1162524756, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
