Class of cargo ships built in Canada during World War II
Launch of SS Ashby Park at the Pictou Shipyard in 1944
History
General characteristics Park Ship
Tonnage
2,878 GRT
1,653 NRT
10,000 DWT
Length
440 ft 0 in (134.11 m)
Beam
57 ft 0 in (17.37 m)
Depth
22 ft 9 in (6.93 m)
Installed power
Triple expansion steam engine
Propulsion
Screw propellor
Crew
34, plus 4 DEMS gunners
Armament
1 x 4 inch/50 caliber deck gun aft
1 x 3 inch (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
4 x 20 mm Oerlikon
2 x twin .50 cal. machine guns
20 x rail anti-aircraft rocket launcher (Pillar Box) [1]
Park ships were merchant steamships constructed for Canada’s Merchant Navy during the Second World War. Park ships and Fort ships (built in Canada for operation by the British) were the Canadian equivalent of the American Liberty ships. All three shared a similar design by J.L. Thompson and Sons of Sunderland, England. Fort ships had a triple expansion steam engine and a single screw propeller. Fort ships were ships transferred to the British government and the Park ships were those employed by the Canadian government, both had the similar design. Park ships were named after local and National Parks of Canada. A few Park ships were launched as "Camp ships", named after Canada military camps, but were quickly renamed after Parks. Jasper Park was the first Park ship lost to enemy attack, in the Indian Ocean after a torpedo attack from U-177 in the Indian Ocean, South of Durban, South Africa.[2][3][4][5]
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