SS ''Solomon Juneau'' (
MC hull number 709) was a
Liberty ship built in the United States during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. Named after
Solomon Juneau
Solomon Laurent Juneau, or Laurent-Salomon Juneau (August 9, 1793 – November 14, 1856) was a French Canadian fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born in Repentigny, Quebec, Canad ...
, one of the founders and the first mayor of
Milwaukee
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, the ship was laid down by
California Shipbuilding Corporation at
Terminal Island
Terminal Island, historically known as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, is a largely artificial island located in Los Angeles County, California, between the neighborhoods of Wilmington and San Pedro in the city of Los Angeles, and the city of Long Be ...
in
Los Angeles
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, and launched on 6 February 1943. It was operated by
Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company
Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was a was a and cargo Liner company founded in Tacoma, Washington. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was founded by Weyerhaeuser Company in 1933. Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest lumber and paper companies in the Un ...
.
While in the
Mediterranean
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, the SS ''Solomon Juneau'' shot down five enemy German aircraft. A German submarine
torpedoed
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the ship in April 1945, blowing two soldiers overboard who were never found. The ship was repaired. Seventeen years later, in 1962, it was scrapped at
Panama City, Florida.
See also
*
List of Liberty ships (S–Z)
This section of List of Liberty ships is a sortable list of Liberty ships— cargo ships built in the United States during World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that la ...
* ''
SS Winona
The SS ''Winona'' was an American steam merchant vessel. She was built at the end of the First World War, surviving to see action during the Second World War. She had an eventful wartime career, sailing as part of a number of convoys and survivin ...
'': a Weyerhaeuser ship in World War I
References
Liberty Ships built by California Shipbuilding Corp., Terminal Island, CA ''Accessed November 7, 2010.''
* Moore, Arthur R
A Careless Word... A Needless Sinking American Merchant Marine Museum, 1985, p. 383.
* McClaren, Robert T
Weyerhaeuser Lumber's Unknown Fleet ''Sea Classics'', v. 43, n. 7, Jul. 2010.
External links
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