SS Ben Robertson

SS Ben Robertson was a Liberty ship, Maritime Commission hull number 2432, built during World War II and named for Clemson University alumnus (Class of 1923), journalist, and war correspondent Benjamin F. Robertson, who was killed in the crash of a Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat, the Yankee Clipper, in the Tagus River, near Lisbon, Portugal, on 22 February 1943. Under the auspices of the War Shipping Administration, the Ben Robertson was operated under contract by the A. H. Bull & Co., Inc., of New York City, through the end of the war.

SS Ben Robertson

SS Ben Robertson was a Liberty ship, Maritime Commission hull number 2432, built during World War II and named for Clemson University alumnus (Class of 1923), journalist, and war correspondent Benjamin F. Robertson, who was killed in the crash of a Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boat, the Yankee Clipper, in the Tagus River, near Lisbon, Portugal, on 22 February 1943. Under the auspices of the War Shipping Administration, the Ben Robertson was operated under contract by the A. H. Bull & Co., Inc., of New York City, through the end of the war.