SS Samuel Blatchford was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Samuel Blatchford, an American attorney and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 3 April 1882, until his death on 7 July 1893.
Construction Samuel Blatchford was laid down on 15 December 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 937, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. L. T. Gray, and launched on 6 February 1943.
History She was allocated to the Agwilines Inc., on 23 February 1943.
On 23 September 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, Alabama. On 22 October 1948, she was damaged while transiting through the Tensas River bridge. On 10 October 1969, she was sold for $43,216.54, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., to be scrapped. On 27 October 1969, she was withdrawn from the fleet.
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