SS U.S.O.

History
Name:	SS U.S.O.
Namesake:	United Service Organizations
Builder:	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Laid down:	29 September 1943
Launched:	21 October 1943
Completed:	30 October 1943
Fate:	Sold, 1947
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:	2 × oil-fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine 2,500 hp (1.9 MW), single screw
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:	9,140 tons cargo
Complement:	41
Armament:	1 × stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun Variety of anti-aircraft guns

SS U.S.O was a Liberty ship of the United States during World War II, named after the United Service Organizations, an organization designed to provide morale to servicemen deployed all across the world.

Built at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland under MC contract (hull number 1811), the ship was laid down on 29 September 1943, and launched on 21 October 1943. The ship survived the war and was sold into private ownership in 1947. However, in 1967, the ship was wrecked and subsequently scrapped.^[1]

References

1. "Bethlehem Fairfield". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-12-04.