SS Ben Robertson
SS Ben Robertson was a Liberty ship, Maritime Commission hull number 2432, built during World War II and named for Clemson University alumnus (Class of 1923), journalist, and war correspondent Benjamin F. Robertson, who was killed in the crash of a Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat, the Yankee Clipper, in the Tagus River, near Lisbon, Portugal, on 22 February 1943. Under the auspices of the War Shipping Administration, the Ben Robertson was operated under contract by the A. H. Bull & Co., Inc., of New York City, through the end of the war.
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SS Ben Robertson
SS Ben Robertson was a Liberty ship, Maritime Commission hull number 2432, built during World War II and named for Clemson University alumnus (Class of 1923), journalist, and war correspondent Benjamin F. Robertson, who was killed in the crash of a Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat, the Yankee Clipper, in the Tagus River, near Lisbon, Portugal, on 22 February 1943. Under the auspices of the War Shipping Administration, the Ben Robertson was operated under contract by the A. H. Bull & Co., Inc., of New York City, through the end of the war.
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SS Ben Robertson was a Liberty ...... irao, Japan, in December 1968.
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completion date
1944-01-21
laying down
1943-11-18
length (μ)
1.344168e+2
ship beam (μ)
1.73736e+1
ship draft (μ)
ship launched
1944-01-04
status
Scrapped, December 1968
top speed (kmh)
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33,775,114
Wikipage revision ID
730,990,815
Ship acquired
Ship armament
Stern-mounted deck gun for us ...... variety of anti-aircraft guns
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Ship country
Ship crew
Ship propulsion
*Two oil-fired boilers
*Triple-expansion steam engine
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*Single screw
Ship renamed
Ship sponsor
Mrs. Julian Longley, Robertson's sister
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SS Ben Robertson was a Liberty ...... y, through the end of the war.
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SS Ben Robertson
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