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TaneyNamesakeRoger B. TaneyOwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)OperatorWaterman Steamship Corp.Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 17Awarded14 March 1941BuilderBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, MarylandCost$1,421,123Yard number2004Way number4Laid down21 June 1941Launched6 December 1941Completed9 February 1942IdentificationFateSunk by German submarine\u00a0U-160, 8 February 1943General characteristics Class and typeTonnageDisplacementLength441\u00a0feet 6\u00a0inches (135\u00a0m) oa416 feet (127\u00a0m) pp427 feet (130\u00a0m) lwlBeam57 feet (17\u00a0m)Draft27\u00a0ft 9.25\u00a0in (8.4646\u00a0m)Installed power2 \u00d7 Oil fired 450\u00a0\u00b0F (232\u00a0\u00b0C) boilers, operating at 220\u00a0psi (1,500\u00a0kPa)2,500\u00a0hp (1,900\u00a0kW)PropulsionSpeed11.5 knots (21.3\u00a0km\/h; 13.2\u00a0mph)Capacity562,608 cubic feet (15,931\u00a0m3) (grain)499,573 cubic feet (14,146\u00a0m3) (bale)ComplementArmamentSS Roger B. Taney was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Roger B. Taney, who was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, Taney served as the United States Attorney General and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Andrew Jackson.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsConstruction[edit]History[edit]References[edit]Bibliography[edit]Construction[edit]Roger B. Taney was laid down on 21 June 1941, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 17, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; and was launched on 6 December 1941.History[edit]She was allocated to Waterman Steamship Corp., on 29 January 1942.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4On 8 February 1943, she was attacked by German submarine\u00a0U-160, at 22\u00b00\u2032S 7\u00b045\u2032W\ufeff \/ \ufeff22.000\u00b0S 7.750\u00b0W\ufeff \/ -22.000; -7.750Coordinates: 22\u00b00\u2032S 7\u00b045\u2032W\ufeff \/ \ufeff22.000\u00b0S 7.750\u00b0W\ufeff \/ -22.000; -7.750. A torpedo wake had been spotted at midnight 20\u00a0yd (18\u00a0m) ahead of the bow of the unescorted Roger B. Taney. The ship made a 90\u00b0 turn but U-160 was able to maneuver into position to fire another torpedo that struck Roger B. Taney in the starboard side at the engine room. Her Armed guards, while remaining onboard while the crew abandoned ship, fired five rounds in the direction the torpedo had come from. Around 02:30 another torpedo struck the #4 hold causing a tremendous explosion. The Armed guard abandoned ship after this last attack.U-160 then surfaced, and after questioning the survivors, left the area.In total, eight officers, twenty-nine crewmen, one passenger, and nineteen Armed guards had managed to abandon the ship in two lifeboats before it sunk.One officer and two crewmen had been killed in the initial attack. While the two boats tried to stay together, after 36 hours they became separated. The British MV\u00a0Penrith Castle was able to rescue one of the boats on 1 March 1943, and dropped the crew off at Bahia, 6 March 1943. On 22 March 1943, the Brazilian merchant ship Bag\u00e9 was able to rescue the other lifeboat 10\u00a0mi (16\u00a0km) off the coast of Brazil. The boat had traveled more than 2,000\u00a0mi (3,200\u00a0km) from the sinking location.References[edit]Bibliography[edit]Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1943Shipwrecks1 Feb: USS\u00a0De Haven, Makigumo, HMS\u00a0Welshman3 Feb: Dorchester, U-2654 Feb: U-1876 Feb: HMCS\u00a0Louisburg7 Feb: Empire Banner, Henry R. Mallory, Kalliopi, U-609, U-6248 Feb: HMT Bredon, Iron Knight, Roger B. Taney, Tatsuta Maru9 Feb: Pan Royal11 Feb: I-1812 Feb: Castilian, U-44213 Feb: U-62015 Feb: U-52916 Feb: USS\u00a0Amberjack17 Feb: U-69, U-201, U-205, USS YP-7219 Feb: Fresnel, U-268, U-562, V 408 Haltenbank20 Feb: \u014cshio21 Feb: U-62322 Feb: U-225, U-606, HMCS\u00a0Weyburn23 Feb: Stockport, U-443, U-52224 Feb: U-649, HMS\u00a0Vandal27 Feb: HMT Lord Hailsham, HMS\u00a0TigrisUnknown date: HNoMS UreddOther incidents     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/ss-roger-b-taney-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"SS Roger B. Taney – Wikipedia"}}]}]