SS Henry St. George Tucker

SS Henry St. George Tucker was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Henry St. George Tucker, a Virginia jurist, law professor, and US Congressman (1815–1819).

History
United States
Name: Henry St. George Tucker
Namesake: Henry St. George Tucker
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: American South African Line, Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 37
Awarded: 14 March 1941
Builder: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost: $1,066,754[2]
Yard number: 2024
Way number: 10
Laid down: 25 February 1942
Launched: 14 May 1942
Sponsored by: Miss Dorothy Baskarvill
Completed: 27 May 1942
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 8 June 1948
Status: Sold for scrapping, 2 February 1966, withdrawn from fleet, 21 July 1966
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

Henry St. George Tucker was laid down on 25 February 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 37, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Miss Dorothy Baskarvill, the daughter of the managing editor of the Baltimore News-Post at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, and was launched on 14 May 1942.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to American South African Line, Inc., on 8 June 1942. On 8 June 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. On 2 February 1966, she was sold for scrapping to Southern Scrap Material Co., Ltd., along with her sister ships SS John M. Harlan and SS Elbridge Gerry, for $151,079.79. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 21 July 1966.[4]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 24 February 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Henry St. George Tucker". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 24 February 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Henry St. George Tucker". Retrieved 24 February 2020.


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