SS Thomas Todd
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Name | Thomas Todd |
Namesake | Thomas Todd |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Standard Fruit & Steamship Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1492 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $2,276,232[1] |
Yard number | 108 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 14 August 1942 |
Launched | 19 May 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. G.N. McIlhenny |
Completed | 30 June 1943 |
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Fate | Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, 12 June 1946 |
Status | Sold for scrapping, 26 October 1970 |
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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 Thomas Todd was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Thomas Todd, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Construction[]
Thomas Todd was laid down on 14 August 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1492, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. G.N. McIlhenny, and launched on 19 May 1943.[3][1]
History[]
She was allocated to Standard Fruit & Steamship Company, on 30 June 1943. On 12 June 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in the Hudson River Group. On 13 August 1956, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain under the "Grain Program 1955", she returned loaded with grain on 4 September 1956. She was again withdrawn from the fleet on 4 June 1963, to have the grain unloaded, she returned empty on 10 June 1963. On 26 October 1970, she was sold, along with three other Liberty ships, to for $346,000, for scrapping, she was delivered to Spain on 1 January 1971.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ a b c MARCOM.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ J.A. Brunswick 2010.
- ^ Liberty Ships.
- ^ MARAD.
Bibliography[]
- "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- Maritime Administration. "Thomas Todd". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "SS Thomas Todd". Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Brunswick, Georgia
- 1943 ships
- Hudson River Reserve Fleet
- Hudson River Reserve Fleet Grain Program