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:
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:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
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:
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement:
Armament:

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.


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