SS Clarence Roberts
From Our Contribution
 Standard EC2 Liberty Ship | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Clarence Roberts |
| Owner | US Government |
| Builder | Todd-Houston Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Launched | 8 Nov 1944 |
| Completed | 17 Nov 1944 |
| In service | November 1944 |
| Out of service | 1964 |
| Fate | scrapped in 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Standard C2 Liberty ship |
| Tonnage | 9,140 tons |
| Length | 441.6 feet (134.42m) |
| Beam | 57 feet (17.37m) |
| Depth | 28.8 feet (8.53m) |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Speed | 11 knots (20.4 kmh) |
| Capacity | complement 81 |
Remarks
Laid down on 3 Oct 1944, she was launched on 8 Nov 1944 and completed on 17 Nov 1944. On 26 Jan 1945 she appeared at Munus Island and from then to the end of WW2 she carried cargo and occassionally troops between islands to the norths and east of New Guinea before her final trip in Australian controlled waters when she departed for Leyte Gulf on 19 July.
SS Clarence Roberts was sold for scrap in 1964 ans she was finally scrapped at Philadelphia in December 1971.
Soldiers carried
Biak to Morotai 2 - 10 Apr 1945
- No. 26 Repair & Salvage Unit RAAF
- Alfred George Playle