SS Theodore Foster

History
United States
Name	Theodore Foster
Namesake	Theodore Foster
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Shepard Steamship Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 43
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,049,905
Yard number	2030
Way number	11
Laid down	31 March 1942
Launched	14 June 1942
Sponsored by	Miss Barbara W. Vickery
Completed	29 June 1942
Identification	Call sign: KFPV; ;
Fate	Laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 9 August 1949; Sold for scrapping, 24 March 1970, withdrawn from fleet, 26 June 1970;
General characteristics
Class & 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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey); 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;

NameTheodore Foster

NamesakeTheodore Foster

OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)

OperatorShepard Steamship Company

SS Theodore Foster was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Theodore Foster, an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party. He served as one of the first two United States senators from Rhode Island and served as Dean of the United States Senate.

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United States
Name	Theodore Foster
Namesake	Theodore Foster
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Shepard Steamship Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 43
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland^[1]
Cost	$1,049,905^[2]
Yard number	2030
Way number	11
Laid down	31 March 1942
Launched	14 June 1942
Sponsored by	Miss Barbara W. Vickery
Completed	29 June 1942
Identification	Call sign: KFPV ^[2]
Fate	Laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 9 August 1949 Sold for scrapping, 24 March 1970, withdrawn from fleet, 26 June 1970


General characteristics ^[3]
Class & 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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) 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