SS Thomas Todd

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.

History
United States
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
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
Identification	Call Signal: KIQL
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, 12 June 1946 Sold for scrapping, 26 October 1970
General characteristics
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
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	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Harrisburg Machinery Corp., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) 1 × screw propeller
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	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

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.

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 On 13 August 1956, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain under the "Grain Program 1955", she returned loaded with grain on 4 September 1956. She was again withdrawn from the fleet on 4 June 1963, to have the grain unloaded, she returned empty on 10 June 1963.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 Industrial y Comercial Levante, S.A. for $346,000, for scrapping, she was delivered to Spain on 1 January 1971.

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.