SS Solomon Juneau

SS Solomon Juneau (MC hull number 709) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. Named after Solomon Juneau, one of the founders and the first mayor of Milwaukee, the ship was laid down by California Shipbuilding Corporation at Terminal Island in Los Angeles, and launched on 6 February 1943.^[2] It was operated by Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company.

A Liberty ship at sea
History
United States
Name	Solomon Juneau
Namesake	Solomon Juneau
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles
Yard number	134
Way number	10
Laid down	9 January 1943
Launched	6 February 1943
Completed	23 February 1943
Fate	Scrapped, 1962
General characteristics
Class & type	Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship
Displacement	14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1]
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) o/a 417 ft 9 in (127.33 m) p/p 427 ft (130 m) w/l[1]
Beam	57 ft (17 m)[1]
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1]
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers Triple-expansion steam engine 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) Single screw
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1]
Range	20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Capacity	10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)[1]
Crew	81[1]
Armament	Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun Variety of anti-aircraft guns

While in the Mediterranean, the SS Solomon Juneau shot down five enemy German aircraft. A German submarine torpedoed the ship in April 1945, blowing two soldiers overboard who were never found. The ship was repaired. Seventeen years later, in 1962, it was scrapped at Panama City, Florida.^[3]

See also

• List of Liberty ships (S–Z)
• SS Winona: a Weyerhaeuser ship in World War I