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SS Betty Zane (MC contract 873) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Betty Zane, a frontier heroine of the American Revolutionary War and ancestor of author Zane Grey.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Betty Zane |
| Namesake | Betty Zane |
| Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Yard number | 51 |
| Way number | 6 |
| Laid down | 20 November 1942 |
| Launched | 22 December 1942 |
| Renamed | Anastassios Pateras |
| Fate | Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Liberty ship |
| Tonnage | 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Capacity | 9,140 tons cargo |
| Complement | 41 |
| Armament |
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The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 20, 1942, then launched on December 22, 1942.[1] Zane was operated by the States Marine Corporation for the War Shipping Administration until December 1946 when she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Wilmington, North Carolina.[2]
In November 1943 while in the Mediterranean Sea she was attacked by numerous German aircraft, downing a Ju 88.[3] Zane was sold to a Greek firm in December 1946 and renamed Anastassios Pateras. She was scrapped in 1968[4]
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