SS Jeremiah O’Brien

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SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a preserved World War II Liberty ship now serving as a museum vessel and historic attraction in San Francisco.

Aliases (1)
  • USNS Jeremiah O’Brien ×1

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Liberty ship
World War II merchant ship
museum ship
armament 20 mm anti-aircraft guns
3 in gun
5 in gun
beam 17.4 m
57 ft
berthLocation Pier 45, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco
builtBy New England Shipbuilding Corporation
completedOn 1943-07-30
conflict World War II
countryOfRegistry United States
crewComplement about 44
currentUse museum ship
tourist attraction
deadweightTonnage 10176 DWT
decommissioned post-World War II
designatedAs National Historic Landmark
draft 27.9 ft
8.5 m
enteredService 1943
filmAppearance Titanic (1997 film)
flag United States
grossTonnage 7176 GRT
homePort San Francisco, California
hullMaterial steel
IMONumber 5297611
laidDownOn 1943-05-06
laidUpAt National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay
launchedOn 1943-06-19
lengthOverall 134.4 m
441 ft
maximumSpeed 11 knots
namedAfter Jeremiah O’Brien
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear 1986
notableFeature one of the last operational Liberty ships
numberOfChannelCrossingsAtNormandy 11
openToPublic true
operator United States Maritime Commission
participatedIn D-Day
Normandy landings
powerOutput 2500 hp
preservationOrganization National Liberty Ship Memorial, Inc.
propulsion single screw propeller
triple-expansion steam engine
registeredOn National Register of Historic Places
restoredBy National Liberty Ship Memorial
serviceRole cargo ship
troop transport
shipType EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship
shipyard South Portland, Maine
theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
Pacific Ocean
undertookVoyage 1994 transatlantic voyage to Normandy
usedFor engine and interior sound recordings for Titanic (1997 film)
visitedPort Cherbourg, France
Le Havre, France
London, England
Portsmouth, England
yearsInReserve about 33 years

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jeremiah O’Brien ("USNS Jeremiah O’Brien")
commemoratedBy
Fisherman’s Wharf
hasPart
National Liberty Ship Memorial
heritageDesignationOf
National Liberty Ship Memorial
mainExhibit
National Liberty Ship Memorial
operates

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