SS A. J. Cermak

History
Name:	SS A.J. Cermak
Namesake:	Anton Cermak
Builder:	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Laid down:	9 November 1943
Launched:	30 November 1943
Fate:	Scrapped, 1964
General characteristics
Type:	Liberty ship
Tonnage:	7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length:	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam:	56 ft 10.75 in (17.34 m)
Draft:	27 ft 9.25 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion:	2 × oil-fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) Single screw
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:	9,140 tons cargo
Complement:	41
Armament:	1 × 4 in (100 mm) deck gun Variety of anti-aircraft guns

SS A. J. Cermak (Hull Number 1836) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Anton Cermak, who was mayor of Chicago from 1931 until his assassination in 1933.

The ship was laid down on 9 November 1943, then launched on 30 November 1943. The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did; she was scrapped in 1964.

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