Name SS Amerigo Vespucci Laid down 20 February 1944 Type Liberty ship Launched 10 March 1944 Builder Richmond Shipyards | Namesake Amerigo Vespucci Fate Scrapped, 1962 Construction started 20 February 1944 Length 135 m | |
Tonnage 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT) | ||
SS Amerigo Vespucci (Hull Number 2767) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer for which North America and South America are named.
The ship was laid down on 20 February 1944, then launched on 10 March 1944. The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did; she was scrapped in 1962.
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