LOUIS D. BRANDEIS Liberty vessel

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Built as a cargo vessel under yard no 2093 design EC2-S-C1 by Bethlehem-Fairfield Ship Yard, Baltimore for the USA Government.
31 December 1942 laid down.
20 February 1943 launched as the LOUIS D. BRANDEIS a Liberty vessel.
Tonnage 7176 GRT, 4360 net, 10.800 dwt, dim. 134.6 x 17.3m, length bpp. 126.8m.
Cargo capacity: 9,140 ton cargo, 499,573 cubic feet.
Powered by two oil fired triple expansion steam engines, 2,500 hp (1.864 kW),
Single screw, speed 11.5 knots.
Crew 41.
Armament: 1 × 4 in (100 mm) stern-mounted deck gun
Variety of anti-aircraft guns.
She was built in 67 days.
08 March 1943 delivered to the War Shipping Administration. Homeport Baltimore.

Not found anything on her career.

11 April 1964 sold to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for $48,129.79.
10 January 1965 scrapped by Lipsett Div. Luria Bros & Co. Inc. in Kearny

Source: Various internet sites and https://www.miramarshipindex.nz/ship/2242841
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