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Name | Frank Park |
Namesake | Frank Park |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2367 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $1,075,502 [1] |
Yard number | 152 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 10 June 1944 |
Launched | 21 July 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Prince G. Finlayson |
Completed | 31 July 1944 |
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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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SS Frank Park was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Frank Park, a United States representative from Georgia.
Frank Park was laid down on 10 June 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2367, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. Prince G. Finlayson, and launched on 21 July 1944. [3] [1]
She was allocated to the United States Navigation Co., on 31 July 1944. On 8 June 1950, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 8 May 1962, she was sold for scrapping to Northern Metals Co., for $47,407. She was removed from the fleet on 17 May 1962. [4] [5]
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