SS Timothy Pickering
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| Name: | SS Timothy Pickering |
| Namesake: | Timothy Pickering |
| Builder: | Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond No. 2 Yard, Richmond, California[1] |
| Laid down: | 8 October 1941 |
| Launched: | 28 March 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk by Aerial torpedo, 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Liberty ship |
| Tonnage: | 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × oil fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) single screw |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Capacity: | 9,140 tons cargo |
| Complement: | 41 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 4 in (100 mm) deck gun • Variety of anti-aircraft guns |
SS Timothy Pickering (Hull Number 246) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Timothy Pickering, the third United States Secretary of State under George Washington and John Adams.
The ship was laid down on 8 October 1941, then launched on 28 March 1942. She was lost after she was torpedoed from the air off Sicily in 1943.
References
- ↑ "Kaiser Permanente No. 2". shipbuildinghistory.com. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/kperm2.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
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