SS U.S.O.
{{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|1947}} |Ship name= U.S.O. |Ship namesake=United Service Organizations |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |Ship laid down=29 September 1943 |Ship launched=21 October 1943 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= 30 October 1943 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Sold, 1947 |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|11|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{Convert|27|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship propulsion=*2 × oil-fired boilers
|Ship speed={{Convert|11.5|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity=9,140 tons cargo |Ship troops= |Ship complement=41 |Ship armament=*1 × stern-mounted 4-inch/50-caliber gun deck gun
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SS U.S.O was a Liberty ship of the United States during World War II, named after the United Service Organizations, an organization designed to provide morale to servicemen deployed all around the world.
Built at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland under MC contract (hull number 1811), the ship was laid down on 29 September 1943, and launched on 21 October 1943. The ship survived the war and was sold into private ownership in 1947. However, in 1967, the ship was wrecked and subsequently scrapped.{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/bethfairfield.htm |title=Bethlehem Fairfield |publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |accessdate=2009-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217055551/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/bethfairfield.htm |archive-date=2009-12-17 |url-status=dead }}
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