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SS Albert GallatinUnited States
NameAlbert Gallatin
NamesakeAlbert Gallatin (1761–1849), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1801–1814)
Operator
  • American-Hawaiian Steamship Company (1942)
  • Isthmian Steamship Company (1944)
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Yard number9
CompletedApril 1942
Identification
  • IMO number: 241618
  • Callsign: LERH
FateSunk 2 January 1944
General characteristics [1]
Class and type
  • Liberty ship
  • type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage
  • 10,865 LT DWT
  • 7,176 GRT
Displacement
  • 3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light)
  • 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 1 × screw propeller
Speed11.5 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
  • 38–62 USMM
  • 21–40 USNAG
Armament
  • Varied by ship
  • Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,
  • 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Albert Gallatin was an American Liberty ship that operated during World War II. She was named for Albert Gallatin (1761–1849), an American politician, diplomat, ethnologist, and linguist who served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1801 to 1814. She was sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-26 in the Arabian Sea in 1944.[2]

  1. ^ Davies, James (2012). "Liberty Cargo Ships" (PDF). ww2ships.com. p. 23. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Liberty Ships – A". mariners-l.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

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