SS Tristram Dalton
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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[2] |
Cost | $1,071,570[1] |
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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Fate | Sold for commercial use, 15 April 1947 |
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Name | Rosario |
Owner | A.H. Bull & Co., Inc. |
Fate | Sold, December 1954 |
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Owner | Isla Colon Cia. Nav |
Operator | Orion Shipping & Trading Co. |
Fate | Sold, 1957 |
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Name | Andros Laurel |
Owner | Jackson Steamship Co. |
Operator | Suwannee Steamship Co. |
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Name | Grand Faith |
Owner | Faith Navigation Corp. |
Operator | Sea King Corp |
Fate | 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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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.
Bauwesen
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.[2][1]
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
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.
- "SS Tristram Dalton". Retrieved 5 March 2020.