SS Robert F. Burns
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SS Robert F. Burns was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Robert F. Burns, a Merchant marine killed when U-66 torpedoed Topa Topa, 350 mi (560 km) off North of Cayenne, French Guiana, 29 August 1942.[4][5]
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Name | Robert F. Burns |
Namesake | Robert F. Burns |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | United States Navigation Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 3146 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[1] |
Cost | $842,691[2] |
Yard number | 106 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 30 June 1945 |
Launched | 28 August 1945 |
Completed | 19 September 1945 |
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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) |
Capacity | 490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale) |
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