SS Samuel Huntington
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SS Samuel Huntington was an American liberty ship during World War II. She was the 248th liberty ship authorized by the United States Maritime Commission and was named in honor of Samuel Huntington, a Founding Father and signer of the American Declaration of Independence. SS Samuel Huntington was launched in 1942 and sailed to ports in the Pacific, South America, Africa, and the United Kingdom. She was one of a select group of liberty ships that were outfitted to carry a limited number of either troops or prisoners of war. As part of a convoy to resupply the Allied troops at Anzio, she sank after a successful German bomb attack in January 1944.
Samuel Huntington was a standard liberty ship, similar to SS John W. Brown, seen here. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Samuel Huntington |
Namesake | Samuel Huntington |
Owner | United States Maritime Commission |
Operator | Oliver J. Olson & Company., San Francisco, California |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corp. |
Yard number | |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 20 January 1942 |
Launched | 26 April 1942 |
Completed | 18 May 1942 |
Identification | MC Hull #248 |
Fate | Bombed and sunk off Anzio, 29 January 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type |
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Tonnage | 7,181 GRT |
Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity |
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Troops | 350; 504 POWs |
Complement | |
Armament |
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