SS Star of Oregon
{{short description|World War II Liberty ship of the United States}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image=Liberty ship at sea.jpg | Ship caption=A Liberty ship at sea }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= United States | Ship flag= {{USN flag|1947}} | Ship name=Star of Oregon | Ship namesake= Star of Oregon | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= Oregon Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Oregon | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= 171 | Ship way number= 7 | Ship laid down= 19 May 1941 | Ship launched= 27 September 1941 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= 31 December 1941 | 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 identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Torpedoed and sunk off Tobago, 30 August 1942 | Ship notes= | Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement={{convert|14245|LT|MT}}{{cite web |url=http://ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf |title=Liberty Cargo Ships |first=James |last=Davies |work=ww2ships.com |year=2012 |page=23 |accessdate=13 May 2012}} | Ship length=*{{Convert|441|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} o/a | Ship beam= {{Convert|57|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draft= {{Convert|27|ft|9|in|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*Two oil-fired boilers
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SS Star of Oregon (MC hull number 171) was a Liberty ship built by the Oregon Shipbuilding Company of Portland, Oregon, and launched on 27 September 1941, the first of the 472 ships built by the company up to November 1945.{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergencylarge/wwtwo/koregon.htm |title=Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding |work=shipbuildinghistory.com |year=2011 |accessdate=13 May 2012 |archive-date=10 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510110711/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergencylarge/wwtwo/koregon.htm |url-status=dead }} The ship was named after the Star of Oregon, the first sailing ship built by American settlers in what is now the state of Oregon.{{cite encyclopedia |author=James V. Hillegas-Elting |title=S.S. Star of Oregon |encyclopedia=Oregon Encyclopedia |url=https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/s.s._star_of_oregon/#.XEuHOs9KjOQ |access-date=25 January 2019}}
The ship was operated by the States Steamship Company of Portland, under contract from the War Shipping Administration (WSA). On 30 August 1942 she was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-162|1941|2|up=yes}} north-east of Tobago at position {{Coord|11.48|N| 59.45|W|type:event|display=inline, title}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsSe.html |title=Liberty Ships ("Sam") |work=mariners-l.co.uk |year=2011 |accessdate=13 May 2012}}
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Category:Ships built in Portland, Oregon
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Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
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