SS A. J. Cermak
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SS A. J. Cermak was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Anton Cermak, an American politician. Cermak was the Mayor of Chicago from 1931 until his assassination in 1933 while meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[4]
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Name | A. J. Cermak |
Namesake | Anton Cermak |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Blidberg & Rothchild Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1836 |
Awarded | 24 December 1942 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost | $918,360[2] |
Yard number | 2284 |
Way number | 8 |
Laid down | 9 November 1943 |
Launched | 30 November 1943 |
Completed | 8 December 1943 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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