Dimensions 258.9½ (over all) x 42.1 (molded) x 20.5 (molded depth) x 17.11¼ (load draught molded) feet, deadweight 2,760 tons, gross tonnage 1,900 tons , net tonnage 1,000 tons and bale capacity 118,000 cubic feet. The reciprocating steam engine and oil-fuelled boilers propulsion located amidships supplied via a single screw shp normal allowing a speed of 11 knots. Prewar domestic cost 700,000 US dollars, domestic war cost 1,339,477 US dollars, unadjusted statutory sales price 380,000 US dollars (price inapplicable while under the terms of the Ship Sales Act of 1946 none dry cargo vessel excluded the Liberty types was to be sold for less than 35% of the domestic war cost) and floor price 468,817 US dollars.
Source
Federal register dated 17 August 1946 vol II, no. 79.
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