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.
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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 |
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Status: | Sold for commercial use, 15 April 1947 |
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Name: | Rosario |
Owner: | A.H. Bull & Co., Inc. |
Status: | Sold, December 1954 |
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Owner: | Isla Colon Cia. Nav |
Operator: | Orion Shipping & Trading Co. |
Status: | Sold, 1957 |
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Name: | Andros Laurel |
Owner: | Jackson Steamship Co. |
Operator: | Suwannee Steamship Co. |
Status: | Sold, 1963 |
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Name: | Grand Faith |
Owner: | Faith Navigation Corp. |
Operator: | Sea King Corp |
Status: | Scrapped, 1968 |
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Beam: | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft: | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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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]
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References
- Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
- MARCOM.
- Davies 2004, p. 23.
- 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.
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