SS Gouverneur Morris

SS Gouverneur Morris (Hull Number 1627) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.She was named after Gouverneur Morris, a Founding Father who wrote large sections of the United States Constitution, including its Preamble.The ship was laid down on 29 March 1943, then launched on 18 April 1943.Later in her life, she was given the name Ivan Kulibin after an 18th-century Russian mechanic and inventor before the ship was scrapped in 1974.This article about a specific Liberty ship is a stub.

Gouverneur MorrisOregon Shipbuilding CompanyPortland, OregonRussiaLiberty shipdeadweight4 in (100 mm)deck gunUnited StatesWorld War IIFounding FatherUnited States ConstitutionPreambleSoviet UnionIvan KulibinU.S. Senator from New York, 1800–1803Minister to the Court of Versailles, 1792–1794Second Continental Congress, 1778–1779United StatesFounding eventsSigned, Articles of ConfederationNew York ConstitutionWrote, Preamble to the United States ConstitutionCo-wrote, signed,Town of Gouverneur, New YorkVillage of Gouverneur, New YorkFounding FathersGouverneur Morris, Jr. (son)Lewis Morris (father)Lewis Morris (brother)Staats Long Morris (brother)Richard Morris (brother)Lewis Morris (grandfather)A More Perfect Union (1989 film)