SS Geronimo
{{short description|World War II Liberty ship of the United States}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1960}} |Ship name=Geronimo |Ship namesake=Geronimo |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond No. 2 Yard, Richmond, California{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/kperm2.htm |title=Kaiser Permanente No. 2 |publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=2009-11-28 |archive-date=2009-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217055155/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/kperm2.htm |url-status=dead }} |Ship laid down=5 May 1943 |Ship launched=29 May 1943 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Scrapped, 1960 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type= Liberty ship |Ship tonnage={{DWT|7,000|long|disp=long}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|441|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|56|ft|10.75|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|27|ft|9.25|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship propulsion=*2 × oil-fired boilers
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SS Geronimo (Hull Number 1122) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Geronimo, a Native American warrior who long fought against American settlers in the Old West.
Geronimo was built by Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond No. 2 Yard, Richmond, California. The ship was laid down on 5 May 1943, then launched on 29 May 1943. Geronimo was charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Geronimo took supplies to Enewetok, Guam, Siapan, Ulithi Atoll, and Okinawa. The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships; she was scrapped in 1960.[http://www.armed-guard.com/biogt.html armed-guard.com Geronimo Calvin B. Talhelm]
The ship was run by its civilian crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.armed-guard.com/item07.html|title=Sea Lane Vigilantes|website=www.armed-guard.com|access-date=2022-07-31|archive-date=2022-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531045847/https://www.armed-guard.com/item07.html|url-status=dead}}World War II U.S. Navy Armed Guard and World War II U.S. Merchant Marine, 2007-2014 Project Liberty Ship, Project Liberty Ship, P.O. Box 25846 Highlandtown Station, Baltimore, MD [https://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html#:~:text=There%20were%20three%20basic%20training,California%3B%20and%20Gulfport%2C%20Mississippi.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514224645/https://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html#:~:text=There%20were%20three%20basic%20training,California%3B%20and%20Gulfport%2C%20Mississippi. |date=2022-05-14 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.usmm.org/wsa/operators.html|title=Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II|website=www.usmm.org|access-date=2022-07-31|archive-date=2021-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927074018/http://usmm.org/wsa/operators.html|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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{{Kaiser, Permanente Metals, Richmond Shipyards}}
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Category:Ships built in Richmond, California
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