SS Uriah M. Rose

History
United States
Name	Uriah M. Rose
Namesake	Uriah M. Rose
Builder	Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California
Yard number	2729
Way number	7
Laid down	19 December 1943
Launched	10 January 1944
Fate	Sold, 1947 Scrapped, 1972
General characteristics
Type	Liberty ship
Tonnage	7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers Triple-expansion steam engine Single screw 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity	9,140 tons cargo
Complement	41
Armament	1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun AA guns

SS Uriah M. Rose (MC contract 2729) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Uriah M. Rose, an influential Arkansas lawyer.

The ship was laid down by Permanente Metals in their Richmond Yard #2 on December 19, 1943, then launched on January 10, 1944. The ship survived the war and was sold into private ownership in 1947. She was scrapped in 1972.^[1]

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