SS Charles Bulfinch (MC contract 999) was a Liberty ship

Liberty ship

Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. Though British in conception, they were adapted by the U.S. as they were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. Based on vessels ordered by Britain to replace ships torpedoed by...

 built in the United States

United States

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 during World War II

World War II

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. She was named after Charles Bulfinch

Charles Bulfinch

Charles Bulfinch was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession....

, an American architect whose major works include Massachusetts State House

Massachusetts State House

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 in Boston

Boston

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 and the completion of the United States Capitol

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 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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The ship was laid down at the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore

Baltimore

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, on 14 May 1943, then launched on 10 June 1943. The ship survived the war and was scrapped in 1971.