SS Samuel Huntington

American liberty ship in WWII

Samuel Huntington was a standard liberty ship, similar to SS John W. Brown, seen here.

History
United States
Name| Samuel Huntington
Namesake| Samuel Huntington
Owner| United States Maritime Commission
Operator| Oliver J. Olson & Company., San Francisco, California
Builder| Permanente Metals Corp.
Yard number|

* No. 2
* Richmond, California

Way number| 4
Laid down| 20 January 1942
Launched| 26 April 1942
Completed| 18 May 1942
Identification| MC Hull #248
Fate| Bombed and sunk off Anzio, 29 January 1944
General characteristics
Class & type|

* Liberty ship
* type EC2-S-C1, standard

Tonnage| 7,181 GRT
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)
Propulsion|

* 1 × triple-expansion steam engine,
* 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)

Troops| 350; 504 POWs
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

SS Samuel Huntington was an American liberty ship during World War II. She was the 248th liberty ship authorized by the United States Maritime Commission and was named in honor of Samuel Huntington, a Founding Father and signer of the American Declaration of Independence. SS Samuel Huntington was launched in 1942 and sailed to ports in the Pacific, South America, Africa, and the United Kingdom. She was one of a select group of liberty ships that were outfitted to carry a limited number of either troops or prisoners of war. As part of a convoy to resupply the Allied troops at Anzio, she sank after a successful German bomb attack in January 1944.

## Construction

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Samuel Huntington was laid down on 20 January 1942 by Permanente Metals Corp. on ship way number four at their No. 2 Yard in Richmond, California. She was the 248th liberty ship authorized by the United States Maritime Commission and the 48th ship begun at the ship yard. The Huntington—a type EC2-S-C1, or standard, liberty ship—was launched on 26 April, and delivered on 18 May. She was completed in 118 days, spending 96 on the ways and 22 on the water before delivery.[1] She was one of about 220 liberty ships, about one out of every 10 made, that were outfitted to carry a limited number of either troops or prisoners of war. Sources are not clear when the passenger capability was added to Samuel Huntington, but modifications of this sort were made after November 1942.[2]

## Service history

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Ten days after her delivery, Samuel Huntington departed San Francisco for Los Angeles. Sailing from that port on 31 May 1942, she arrived at Suva in the Fiji Islands on 19 June. After the Huntington made her way to Lautoka, she departed there on 6 July for Chile. After arriving at Antofagasta on 29 July, the cargo ship worked her way up and down the South American coast, calling at Iquique on 30 July, Valparaiso on 7 August, and Punta Arenas on 13 August. Sailing from Punta Arenas the next day, she navigated the Straits of Magellan, crossed the South Atlantic, and arrived at Cape Town, South Africa, on 2 September.[3]

Sailing from Cape Town on 6 September, Samuel Huntington sailed around the African continent, calling at Durban on 10 September, and arriving at Aden, on the Arabian Peninsula, in mid September. Departing there on 24 September, the Huntington sailed up the Red Sea, calling at Massaua on the Eritrean coast on 26 September and Suez on 1 October. Departing Suez on 12 October, she retraced her track around Africa, calling at Port Sudan on 18 October, Durban on 2 November, Cape Town on 7 November. Leaving the same day, she crossed the South Atlantic and headed for Paramaribo, Suriname.[3]

Samuel Huntington, the namesake of SS Samuel Huntington

Samuel Huntington arrived at Paramaribo on 27 November, and sailed three days later for Trinidad.[3] After arriving at that Caribbean port on 1 December, the Huntington waited for a week before sailing in convoy TAG-27 to Guantanamo Bay with 12 other ships.[4] After arriving at Guantanamo Bay on 12 December, the convoy, dropping four ships, reformed as convoy GN.27 headed for New York City and departed the same day. The Huntington, calling at a U.S. port for the first time in seven months, arrived at New York on 19 December.[5]

The Huntington departed New York as a part of Convoy SC-118 headed for Liverpool via Halifax on 24 January. As the convoy, which consisted of 60 ships and 26 escorts, sailed near Iceland, a wolf pack of Kriegsmarine U-boats attacked the convoy repeatedly over a four-day period.[6][7] Some 20 U-boats participated, sinking 12 Allied ships, including Henry R. Mallory, a troop transport that went down with 272 men—more than half of her passengers and crew;[8] three U-boats were lost.[7] Samuel Huntington departed the convoy and arrived at Clyde on 11 February.[6]

After calling at Belfast Lough in early April, Samuel Huntington made her way to Liverpool to join Convoy ON 181 to New York. Departing on 30 April as one of 48 merchant ships in the convoy, the liberty ship made port at New York on 17 May.[9] The convoy reported no submarine activity, and about two-thirds of the convoy were able to take target practice on icebergs during the voyage.[10]

Samuel Huntington next departed New York on 13 June for Oran as a part of Convoy UGS-10. Joining 74 other merchant ships and their 28 escorts, the Huntington made it safely to Oran on 5 July; another ship in the convoy was sunk by a U-boat.[11] During her participation in Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, the Huntington and fellow liberty ships William W. Gerhard and William Mulholland all suffered casualties from an air attack on 1 August at Palermo.[12] Damage to the ship was apparently minor enough that she was ready to sail nine days later, when she joined Convoy GUS-12—which had originated in Alexandria and was destined for Hampton Roads, Virginia—to return to the United States. Samuel Huntington left the convoy as it neared the U.S. east coast, and headed for New York, arriving there on 5 September.[3][13]

After making her way to Hampton Roads, Samuel Huntington departed for Casablanca on 5 October as part of Convoy UGS-20, where she arrived on 21 October. Eight days later, she joined Convoy GUS-19—a 110-ship Alexandria–Hampton Roads convoy[14]—and headed for home. She arrived in Baltimore on 16 November. Shifting to Hampton Roads in early December, Samuel Huntington prepared to depart on what would be her last sailing from the United States.[3]

This Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided missile on display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich is the type of weapon used in the attack on Samuel Huntington.

The Huntington—in Convoy UGS-27, a 115-ship convoy[15]—sailed from Hampton Roads on 15 December for Oran, arriving there on 3 January 1944. She departed from Oran on 16 January and arrived at Naples five days later. One week later, Samuel Huntington sailed to Anzio where she anchored one-quarter mile (400 m) off the beach on 29 January with 7,181 long tons (7,296 t) of cargo, including ammunition, canned gasoline and TNT.[3][16]

### Sinking

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At sunset on 29 January, Luftwaffe bombers armed with Henschel Hs 293 anti-shipping glide bombs attacked the ships at anchor off Anzio. British cruiser Spartan was hit amidships and rolled over on her port side and sank with a loss of 65 men.[17] Soon after Spartan was hit, another Hs 293 slammed into Samuel Huntington, penetrating to her boiler room before exploding and killing four men.[16] The force of the explosion blew out two of her cargo hatches, launching a jeep into the stricken ship's flying bridge in the process.[18] With no power, and, hence, no way of fighting the fire, Samuel Huntington's master ordered the ship abandoned, and the crew lowered her lifeboats and headed away from the ship.[16] Fifteen minutes after the bomb's blast, another explosion rocked the ship, throwing a cloud of debris over 1,000 feet (300 m) in the air, and raining shrapnel on ships as far as 1+1⁄2 miles (2,400 m) away.[19]

After the second explosion, Samuel Huntington settled to the bottom, but because the bottom had been only 3 feet (0.91 m) below her keel, most of the ship remained above the water.[16] U.S. Navy salvage ship Weight came alongside the Huntington and trained two deck water guns and a 2.5-inch (6.4 cm) water hose to douse the fires. When the task seemed accomplished, Weight pulled away. The fires flared up again four hours later and Weight returned to fight the conflagration again. After tending to other ships damaged during the raid, Weight returned a third time.[20] By the early morning hours on 30 January, any hope of salvaging Samuel Huntington or her cargo ended when the fires reached her load of canned gasoline. The resulting explosion completely destroyed the ship and again rained shrapnel on nearby ships. When the smoke cleared, no trace of the Huntington remained.[16]

## Notes

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1. ^ Colton, Tim. "Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond No. 2 Yard, Richmond CA". ShipbuildingHistory.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
2. ^ Charles, "Appendix B", p. 358–360.
3. ^ a b c d e f "Port Arrivals/Departures: Samuel Huntington". Arnold Hague's Ports Database. Convoy Web. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
4. ^ "Convoy TAG.27". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 5 July 2008. Another steamer, the American F. Q. Barstow joined the convoy from Curaçao.
5. ^ "Convoy GN.27". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
6. ^ a b "Convoy SC.118". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
7. ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-Boat Operations: Convoy Battles: SC-118". The U-Boat War 1939–1945. uboat.net. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
8. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Allied Ships hit by U-boats: Henry R. Mallory". The U-Boat War 1939–1945. uboat.net. Retrieved 5 July 2008. SS Henry R. Mallory had also served as a troop transport in World War I as USS Henry R. Mallory (ID-1280).
9. ^ "Convoy ON.181". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
10. ^ "Convoy ON 181: Commodore Nicholson's Narrative". WarSailors.com. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
11. ^ "Convoy UGS.10". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
12. ^ Fellow ships, location: Harrison, William B. "Buck" (January 2006). "Liberty ships: Those fabulous ugly ducklings of World War II". Sea Classics. Canoga Park, California: Challenge Publications. OCLC 60621086. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2008-07-05. Date of attack: Horodysky, T. (4 September 2006). "Chronological List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1943". American Merchant Marine at War. USMM.org. Archived from the original on 8 April 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
13. ^ "Convoy GUS.12". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
14. ^ "Convoy GUS.19". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
15. ^ "Convoy UGS.27". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
16. ^ a b c d e Gault, Owen (January 2005). "If this be glory: Anzio, the invasion that nearly failed, part 2". Sea Classics. Canoga Park, California: Challenge Publications. OCLC 60621086. Retrieved 2008-07-05. [dead link]
17. ^ Colledge p. 328. For number (and names) of casualties, see: Kindell, Don (21 April 2007). "Royal Navy Casualties, killed and died, January 1944". Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, 1922-present. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
18. ^ "3 killed, 1 missing in Anzio bombing of liberty ship". The Washington Post. 4 August 1944. p. 2.
19. ^ Butenschoen, George W. (2000). "The Sailors Log". World War II Landing Craft Tanks. Archived from the original on 28 May 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
20. ^ "Weight". DANFS.

## References

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* Charles, Roland W. (April 1947). Troopships of World War II. Washington, D.C.: Army Transportation Association. OCLC 1871625.
* Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
* Naval Historical Center. "Weight". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 5 July 2008.

## External links

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* Convoy Battles: SC-118, an account of the battle involving Samuel Huntington′s January 1943 convoy]

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* Phillips Victory
* New World Victory
* Adelphi Victory
* Drury Victory
* Allegheny Victory
* Earlham Victory
* Asbury Victory
* Canton Victory
* Lindenwood Victory

Greenville Victory-class cargo ship
VC2-S-AP3 ship|

* Haiti Victory

Norwalk-class cargo ship
Type VC2-S-AP3 cargo ship|

* Victoria (ex-SS Ethiopia Victory)

Type VC2-S-AP3 cargo ships|

* Australia Victory
* Ethiopia Victory
* India Victory
* Iraq Victory
* Costa Rica Victory
* Cuba Victory
* Honduras Victory
* Haiti Victory
* Guatemala Victory
* Nicaragua Victory

Haskell-class attack transports
Type VC2-S-AP5 ships|

* Sarasota
* Sherburne
* Sibley
* Mifflin
* Talladega
* Tazewell
* Telfair
* Missoula
* Montrose
* Mountrail
* Natrona
* Navarro
* Neshoba
* New Kent
* Noble
* Okaloosa
* Okanogan
* Oneida
* Pickaway
* Pitt
* Randall
* Bingham

General G. O. Squier-class transport ships
Type C4-S-A1 ships|

* General G. O. Squier
* General T. H. Bliss
* General J. R. Brooke
* General O. H. Ernst
* General R. L. Howze
* General W. M. Black
* General H. L. Scott
* General S. D. Sturgis
* General C. G. Morton
* General R. E. Callan
* General M. B. Stewart
* General A. W. Greely
* General C. H. Muir
* General H. B. Freeman
* General H. F. Hodges
* General Harry Taylor
* General W. F. Hase
* General E. T. Collins
* General M. L. Hersey
* General J. H. McRae
* General M. M. Patrick
* General W. C. Langfitt
* General Omar Bundy
* General R. M. Blatchford
* General LeRoy Eltinge
* General A. W. Brewster
* General D. E. Aultman
* General C. C. Ballou
* General W. G. Haan
* General Stuart Heintzelman

Marine Adder-class transport ship
Type C4-S-A3 ship|

* Marine Adder

Type C4-S-A3 ships|

* Marine Perch
* Marine Swallow

Type C4-S-A4 ships|

* Marine Leopard
* Marine Snapper

LST-1-class tank landing ships
Type S3-M-K2 ships|

* LST-476
* LST-477 / LST(H)-477
* LST-478
* LST-479
* LST-480
* LST-481
* LST-482 / LST(H)-482 / Branch County
* LST-483 / Brewster County
* LST-484
* LST-485
* LST-486 / LST(H)-486
* LST-487
* LST-488 / LST(H)-488 / T-LST-488

Achelous-class repair ships
Type S2-S2-AQ1 ships|

* Amycus (ex-LST-489)
* Agenor (ex-LST-490)

Tacoma-class patrol frigates
Type S2-S2-AQ1 ships|

* Tacoma
* Sausalito
* Hoquiam
* Pasco
* Albuquerque
* Everett
* Pocatello
* Brownsville
* Grand Forks
* Casper
* Pueblo
* Grand Island

Alamosa-class cargo ships
Type C1-M-AV1 ships|

* Alamosa
* Alcona
* Amador
* Antrim
* Autauga
* Beaverhead
* Beltrami
* Blount
* Brevard
* Bullock
* Cabell
* Caledonia
* Fairfield
* Faribault
* Fentress
* Flagler

Miscellaneous Auxiliary
Type C1-M-AV1 ships|

* Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (ex-Spindle Eye)

Type C1-M-AV1 ships|

* Square Sinnet
* Gunner's Knot
* Mooring Knot
* Marlingspike Hitch
* Terminal Knot
* Spool Sinnet
* Reeving Eye

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in January 1944

Shipwrecks|

* 1 Jan: Nagoya Maru
* 2 Jan: Albert Gallatin
* 3 Jan: USS Turner
* 6 Jan: USS St. Augustine
* 8 Jan: U-426, U-757
* 9 Jan: U-81
* 10 Jan: Daniel Webster
* 11 Jan: I-11, Kuma
* 13 Jan: U-231
* 14 Jan: Ha-50, Sazanami
* 16 Jan: I-181, USS Macaw, U-544
* 17 Jan: Ha-51
* 18 Jan: Yoshida Maru
* 19 Jan: U-641
* 20 Jan: U-263
* 22 Jan: USS Portent, Ro-37
* 23 Jan: HMS Janus
* 24 Jan: Magane Maru, St David
* 25 Jan: Suzukaze
* 26 Jan LST-411, LST-422
* 28 Jan: Ha-49, Sperrbrecher 137, U-271, U-571
* 29 Jan: Samuel Huntington, HMS Spartan, U-364
* 30 Jan: Cha-14, Cha-19, Cha-28, HMS Hardy, Tama Maru No. 3, U-314
* 31 Jan: U-592, Yasukuni Maru
* Unknown date: USS Scorpion, U-305, U-377

Other incidents|

* 1 Jan: USS Jack
* 16 Jan: USS Flier
* 30 Jan: I-6

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