SS Richard K. Call
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SS Richard K. Call was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Richard K. Call, an American attorney and politician, the 3rd and 5th territorial governor of Florida. Before that, he was elected to the Florida Territorial Council and as a delegate to the US Congress from Florida.
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Name | Richard K. Call |
Namesake | Richard K. Call |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | United States Navigation Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2473 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
Cost | $1,128,059[2] |
Yard number | 37 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 21 February 1944 |
Launched | 15 April 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Lee S. White |
Completed | 28 April 1944 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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