SS William C. Franks

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Liberty ship
gptkbp:armament nan
gptkbp:beam 57 ft (17 m)
gptkbp:brewingProcess Dismantled
gptkbp:builder gptkb:J.A._Jones_Construction
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkbp:built gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland
1970
June 1944
gptkbp:capacity 10,000 deadweight tons
gptkbp:commissioned 1944
gptkbp:completed 1944
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:J.A._Jones_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crewSize 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:displacement 7,176 tons
gptkbp:draft 28 ft (8.5 m)
gptkbp:engineType Steam engine
gptkbp:fate scrapped
Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1946
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1970
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1944
gptkbp:historicalPeriod World War II era
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part of the wartime supply chain
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS William C. Franks
gptkbp:launchDate April 1944
gptkbp:launched 1944
gptkbp:length 441 ft (134 m)
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent Delivered_cargo_to_Europe
gptkbp:notableFeature Transporting troops
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:U.S._Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:owner gptkb:U.S._Maritime_Commission
Scrap dealer
Private shipping company
gptkbp:passengerCapacity 10,000 tons
General cargo
Completed_successfully
gptkbp:postWarCareer Commercial shipping
gptkbp:previousName nan
Liberty Ship 1234
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbine
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
Cargo transport
gptkbp:serviceYears 1944-1946
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:SS_William_C._McGowan
gptkbp:speed 11 knots
gptkbp:structureType Welded steel
gptkbp:type Cargo ship
gptkbp:usedIn Military logistics