Class and type Cargo ship Length 135 m (441 ft 6 in) Weight 14,470 tons | Displacement 14,245 tons Draft 8.5 m (27 ft 9.25 in) | |
Beam 17.3 m (56 ft 10.75 in) Propulsion Two oil-fired boilers,
triple-expansion steam engine,
single screw, 2,500 horsepower (1,864 kW) | ||
The SS Annie Oakley (Hull Number 2227) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Annie Oakley, an American sharpshooter from the American West.
The ship was laid down on 21 August 1943, then launched on 12 September 1943. She was lost after she was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel in 1945.
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