SS Zachary Taylor

SS Zachary Taylor (MC contract 244) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President of the United States.

History
United States
Name	Zachary Taylor
Namesake	Zachary Taylor
Builder	Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California
Yard number	44
Way number	7
Laid down	6 October 1941
Launched	28 February 1942
Fate	Scrapped, 1961
General characteristics
Type	Liberty ship
Tonnage	7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine Single screw 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity	9,140 tons cargo
Complement	41
Armament	1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun AA guns

The ship was laid down by Permanente Metals in their Richmond Yard #2 on 6 October 1941, then launched on 28 February 1942. After the war she went on to suffer the same fate as most of the other surviving Liberty ships: she was scrapped in 1961.^[1]

After the end of World War II, Zachary Taylor was used to bring displaced European immigrants (mostly Jews) to New York City.^{[citation needed]}. She docked at Brooklyn, New York at the Brooklyn Army Terminal on 19 September 1949. ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Convoy UGS-40