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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1943}} | Ship name=SS Timothy Pickering | Ship namesake=Timothy Pickering | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond No. 2 Yard, Richmond, California[1] | Ship laid down= 8 October 1941 | Ship launched= 28 March 1942 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate=Sunk by dive bomber, 1943. While anchored offshore at Avola, Sicily on 13 July 1943 with the loss of 127 British servicemen and a number of United States Merchant seamen. Only one British serviceman survived the explosion. | Ship notes=
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}} | SS Timothy Pickering (Hull Number 246) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Timothy Pickering, the third United States Secretary of State under George Washington and John Adams. The ship was laid down on 8 October 1941, then launched on 28 March 1942. She was lost after she was hit by an Italian Ju 87 Stuka off Augusta, Sicily on 13 July 1943. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergency/wwtwo/kperm2.htm |title=Kaiser Permanente No. 2 |publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |accessdate=2009-11-28 }}
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