 Timothy Bloodworth was a standard Liberty ship, similar to SS John W. Brown, seen here.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Timothy Bloodworth |
| Namesake | Timothy Bloodworth |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration[4] |
| Operator | Lykes Brothers Steamship Company[4] |
| Builder | Delta Shipbuilding Co, New Orleans |
| Yard number | 44[3] |
| Way number | 8[3] |
| Laid down | 4 February 1943[3] |
| Launched | 17 March 1943[3] |
| Completed | 22 April 1943[3] |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Scrapped 1963, Portland, Oregon |
| General characteristics [1] | |
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| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Height | 34 ft 8 in (10.57 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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| Crew | |
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SS Timothy Bloodworth was a standard Liberty ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. The vessel was built by Delta Shipbuilding Company of New Orleans in 1943. She was named in honor of Timothy Bloodworth, an American teacher who made muskets and bayonets during the American Revolutionary War, then went on to become a statesman in North Carolina.
The ship was laid down in February 1943, launched in March, and delivered in April. Powered by a triple expansion steam engine manufactured by the Hamilton Engine Company, she was capable of a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph).[5] She served in many transatlantic convoys supporting the buildup for and supply of the Allied invasion of Western Europe. On 24 December 1944, SS Timothy Bloodworth became the first ship to be damaged by a German V-2 rocket.[6][7] Postwar, her periods of active service alternated with time in reserve, until she was sold for scrap in 1963.
- ^ a b "Disposal Card (front)" (scan of record). Property Management & Archive Record System (PMARS). United States Maritime Administration. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
- ^ Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Register of Ships (1945–46 ed.). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Scan of page "Til–Ten" (pdf) hosted at Plimsoll Ship Data Archived 18 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Colton, Tim. "Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans LA". Shipbuildinghistory.com. The Colton Company. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
- ^ a b Browning, pp. 467–68.
- ^ "Timothy Bloodworth". Miramar Ship Index. R.B.Haworth. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ King and Kutta, p. 279.
- ^ Cressman, p. 283.
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