SS Albert Gallatin

SS Albert Gallatin was a liberty ship built by California Shipbuilding Corporation of Los Angeles, and delivered in April 1942 to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) with a hull# 277. Name for Albert Gallatin the United States Secretary of the Treasury. Albert Gallatin call sign was LERH. In April of 1942 she was operated as a United States Merchant Marine ship by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. In 1944 she was operated by the Isthmian Steamship Company of New York. On January 2, 1944 she was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-26 and sunk in the Arabian Sea during World War II.

SS Albert Gallatin

SS Albert Gallatin was a liberty ship built by California Shipbuilding Corporation of Los Angeles, and delivered in April 1942 to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) with a hull# 277. Name for Albert Gallatin the United States Secretary of the Treasury. Albert Gallatin call sign was LERH. In April of 1942 she was operated as a United States Merchant Marine ship by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. In 1944 she was operated by the Isthmian Steamship Company of New York. On January 2, 1944 she was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-26 and sunk in the Arabian Sea during World War II.