SS Thomas Cresap

SS Thomas Cresap was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Thomas Cresap, was an English-born settler and trader in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Cresap served Lord Baltimore as an agent in the Maryland–Pennsylvania boundary dispute that became known as Cresap's War. Improved a Native American path to the Ohio Valley with the Native American chief Nemacolin. After settling and became a large landowner near Cumberland, Maryland, he was involved in further disputes near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, including the French and Indian War and Lord Dunmore's War.

Construction

Thomas Cresap was laid down on 17 January 1943, under a Maritime Commission contract, MCE hull 948, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. Logan Cresap, and launched on 1 March 1943.

History

She was allocated to the Isthmian Steamship Co., on 16 March 1943.
On 2 May 1950, she was laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas. On 16 January 1951, she was sold to Kea SS Corp., and renamed Sunion. In 1959, she was lengthened to, in Tokyo. She was sold in May 1957, and reflagged in Liberia. In 1960, she was renamed Zermatt, in 1962, Epiros, in 1966, Tassia J., and in 1967, Pactrader. She was scrapped in Sakaide, Japan, in December 1968.