CYRUS ADLER

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Year Built
1944
Official Number
245852
Ship Yard
Delta Ship Building Company
General Type
Dry Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
EC2-S-C1
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Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
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Historical Narrative


This Liberty ship was named for Cyrus Adler (1838-1900). Cyrus Adler was an educator and Jewish leader. Adler was a professor of Semitic languages and Johns Hopkins University. Adler was a founder of the Jewish Welfare Board, and an editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia. President of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning from 1908-1940, and Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship Cyrus Adler at this time.

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Milestones

Event: Entry
Date: 4/27/1948

Event: Acquisition
Date: 4/27/1948

Event: Disposition
Date: 1/14/1960

Event: Withdrawl
Date: 1/14/1960


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