Name SS Russell A. Alger Yard number 680 Type Liberty ship | Namesake Russell A. Alger Status Cancelled Length 135 m | |
Tonnage 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT) Builder Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | ||
SS Russell A. Alger (MC contract 1754) was a Liberty ship that was supposed to be built in the United States during World War II. She was intended to be named after Russell A. Alger, a Michigan Senator, Governor and U.S. Secretary of War.
Ordered from the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, the ship was cancelled before construction.
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