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History
SS Salvador BrauUnited States
NameSalvador Brau
NamesakeSalvador Brau
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorWilliam J. Rountree Company
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1543
BuilderJ.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost$1,306,833[1]
Yard number25
Way number3
Laid down8 November 1943
Launched15 December 1943
Completed31 January 1944
Identification
  • Call Signal: KUWA
  • [1]
Fate
  • Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet Beaumont, Texas, 1 June 1948
  • Sold for scrapping, 16 November 1966
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
  • Liberty ship
  • type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage
  • 10,865 LT DWT
  • 7,176 GRT
Displacement
  • 3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light)
  • 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 1 × screw propeller
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement
  • 38–62 USMM
  • 21–40 USNAG
Armament
  • Varied by ship
  • Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,
  • 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Salvador Brau was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Salvador Brau, a journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, historian, and sociologist. He was designated the official historian of Puerto Rico in 1903, by the first American-appointed governor William Henry Hunt.

  1. ^ a b MARCOM.
  2. ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.

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