SS Uriah M. Rose

History
Name: SS Uriah M. Rose
Namesake: Uriah M. Rose
Builder: Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California
Yard number: 2729
Way number: 7
Laid down: 19 December 1943
Launched: 10 January 1944
Status:
  • Sold, 1947
  • Scrapped, 1972
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:
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity: 9,140 tons cargo
Complement: 41
Armament:
  • 1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun
  • AA guns

SS Uriah M. Rose (MC contract 2729) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Uriah M. Rose, an influential Arkansas lawyer.

The ship was laid down by Permanente Metals in their Richmond Yard #2 on December 19, 1943, then launched on January 10, 1944. The ship survived the war and was sold into private ownership in 1947. She was scrapped in 1972.[1]

References

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


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