SS Francisco Coronado was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. The ship was named after Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján, a Spanish conquistador who explored the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542. The ship was built at the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company's shipyard at Vancouver, Washington.
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Name | Francisco Coronado |
Namesake | Francisco Vázquez de Coronado |
Operator | Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company |
Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company |
Way number | 1748 |
Laid down | 18 November 1942 |
Launched | 11 January 1943 |
Completed | 20 January 1943 |
Decommissioned | March 1962 |
Fate | Scrapped 1962 |
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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 Francisco Coronado was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under contract number 394 from Kaiser Shipbuilding's Vancouver Shipyard as Yard number 42. She was operated by Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. [2][3][4][5][a] The ship was laid down on 18 November 1942.[7] She was launched on 5 January 1943[2] and was completed on 20 January 1943. [7]
The ship was sold for demolition to Patapsco Scrap Company on 9 March 1959,[2] and broken up at Baltimore in March 1962.[2][3]