SS Albert Gallatin
World War II Liberty ship of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Name | Albert Gallatin |
Namesake | Albert Gallatin (1761–1849), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1801–1814) |
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Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California |
Yard number | 9 |
Completed | April 1942 |
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Fate | Sunk 2 January 1944 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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