SS Charles Bulfinch
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SS Charles Bulfinch was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Charles Bulfinch, an American architect. Bulfinch is best known for his designs of the Massachusetts State House, and the wings and central portion of the US Capitol.[4]
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Name | Charles Bulfinch |
Namesake | Charles Bulfinch |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 999 |
Awarded | 30 January 1942 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost | $1,003,874[2] |
Yard number | 2149 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 14 May 1943 |
Launched | 10 June 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Milton G. Baker |
Completed | 22 June 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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