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Pizzaking13 It seems from references I can accesss that Francisco Coronado was built by a different shipyard, and that the contract for this ship at Oregon Shipbuilding was cancelled. However, as this directly contradicts reference "Davies" (noted, though, that he acknowledges Mitchell & Sawyer as one of his sources), I am reluctant to make wholesale changes, but rather to present here what these sources show, for comment.

SS Francisco Coronado was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. The ship was named after Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján, a Spanish conquistador who explored the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542. The ship was built at the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company's shipyard at Vancouver, Washington.
== Construction and service ==
SS Francisco Coronado was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under contract number 394 from Kaiser Shipbuilding's Vancouver Shipyard as Yard number 42.[1][2][3][4][a] The ship was laid down on 18 November 1942. She was launched on 5 January 1943[1] and was completed on 20 January 1943.
The ship was sold for demolition to Patapsco Scrap Company on 9 March 1959,[1] and broken up at Baltimore in March 1962.[1][2]
==Notes==
  1. ^ Another Kaiser yard, Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, was awarded Maritime Commission contract number 1748, to be named Francisco Coronado (Yard number 674), but this contract was cancelled.[5]
==References==
===Citations===
  1. ^ a b c d "2242786". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b Colton, Tim. "Kaiser Vancouver". Shipbuilding History. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ Lloyd's Register of Ships: Steamships and motorships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1945. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ Sawyer, Leonard; Mitchell, William (1970). The Liberty Ships. Cornell Maritime Press. p. 88. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ^ Colton, Tim. "Oregon Shipbuilding". Shipbuilding History. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

Davidships (talk) 02:33, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the updated information and suggestion, I'll add it to the page. Pizzaking13 (Hablame) 02:55, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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