I AM LOOKING FOR ANY LOG BOOKS OR INFORMATION OR PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORLD WAR TWO LIBERTY SHIP SS TRISTRAM DALTON. BUILT IN 1942. HUYLL NUMBER 0307. SOLD OUT OF THE NAVY IBN 1947.

Dear Mr. Roberts,

The ship is mentioned in the following series at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland (Archives 2):

Record Group 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations) -

World War II Diaries and Operations Reports, 1942-1946

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4697018

War diaries from this series which mention the ship are available on Fold3:

https://www.fold3.com/document/292512002/

https://www.fold3.com/document/292586622/

There is a file about the ship (renamed Rosario) in Record Group 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission)  -

Central Correspondence Files, 1936-1950

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/3449706

For access to these records, contact Archives2reference@nara.gov

Photographs of the ship may be found in the following series:

357-MAP - Subject Files, ca. 1970-ca. 1990

357-G - Photographic File, 1939-1955

For access to these series, contact the Still Picture unit at Archives 2 at Stillpix@nara.gov.

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