SS Tristram Dalton

SS Tristram Dalton was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Tristram Dalton, an American politician and merchant from Massachusetts. He served a single term as one of the first United States Senators, from 1789 to 1791.

History
United States
Name:	Tristram Dalton
Namesake:	Tristram Dalton
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	A.H. Bull & Co., Inc.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 307
Awarded:	1 May 1941
Builder:	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost:	$1,071,570[2]
Yard number:	2057
Way number:	14
Laid down:	6 July 1942
Launched:	27 August 1942
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Gerard A. McCabe
Completed:	28 September 1942
Identification:	Call sign: KHAU [2]
Status:	Sold for commercial use, 15 April 1947
United States
Name:	Rosario
Owner:	A.H. Bull & Co., Inc.
Status:	Sold, December 1954
Liberia
Name:	Achileus Andros Laurel
Owner:	Isla Colon Cia. Nav
Operator:	Orion Shipping & Trading Co.
Status:	Sold, 1957
Liberia
Name:	Andros Laurel
Owner:	Jackson Steamship Co.
Operator:	Suwannee Steamship Co.
Status:	Sold, 1963
Liberia
Name:	Grand Faith
Owner:	Faith Navigation Corp.
Operator:	Sea King Corp
Status:	Scrapped, 1968
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage:	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement:	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length:	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam:	57 feet (17 m)
Draft:	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power:	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) 1 × screw propeller
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m^3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m^3) (bale)
Complement:	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament:	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

Construction

Tristram Dalton was laid down on 6 July 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 307, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. Gerard A. McCabe, the wife of a yard employee, and was launched on 27 August 1942.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to A.H. Bull & Co., Inc., on 28 September 1942. On 15 April 1947, she was sold for commercial use to A.H. Bull & Co., Inc. She was scrapped in Taiwan, in 1968.[4]

References

1. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
2. MARCOM.
3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
4. MARAD.

Bibliography

• "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
• Maritime Administration. "Tristram Dalton". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 5 March 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "SS Tristram Dalton". Retrieved 5 March 2020.