Difference between revisions of "SS Clarence Roberts"
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{{Infobox ship | {{Infobox ship | ||
| image = [[File:Liberty_Ship_1.jpg]] | | image = [[File:Liberty_Ship_1.jpg]] | ||
− | | caption = Standard | + | | caption = Standard EC2 Liberty Ship |
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| shipdepth = 28.8 feet (8.53m) | | shipdepth = 28.8 feet (8.53m) | ||
| shippropulsion = single screw | | shippropulsion = single screw | ||
− | | shipspeed = 11 knots | + | | shipspeed = 11 knots (20.4 kmh) |
| shipcapacity = complement 81 | | shipcapacity = complement 81 | ||
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==Remarks== | ==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. | 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. | ||
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+ | SS Clarence Roberts was sold for scrap in 1964 ans she was finally scrapped at Philadelphia in December 1971. | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
− | * | + | ===Biak to Morotai 2 - 10 Apr 1945=== |
+ | * No. 26 Repair & Salvage Unit RAAF | ||
* [[Alfred George Playle]] | * [[Alfred George Playle]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Latest revision as of 03:02, 6 October 2023
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