Name SS Abraham Clark Laid down 3 December 1941 Construction started 3 December 1941 Length 135 m | Namesake Abraham Clark Type Liberty ship Launched 2 April 1942 | |
Fate Sold, 1947. Wrecked, 1959. Tonnage 7,000 tons deadweight (DWT) Builders California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island | ||
SS Abraham Clark (Hull Number 75) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Abraham Clark, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey.
The ship was laid down by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles on 3 December 1941, then launched on 2 April 1942. She took part in operations supporting the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
The ship survived the war and was sold into private ownership in 1947. However, in 1959, the ship was wrecked off Grays Harbor in Washington and subsequently scrapped.
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