SS Rufus W. Peckham was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Rufus W. Peckham, an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, from 1896 to 1909.
Construction Rufus W. Peckham was laid down on 22 December 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 940, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 13 February 1943.
History She was allocated to the A.H. Bull & Co. Inc., on 28 February 1943.
On 8 October 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Astoria, Oregon. On 25 January 1951, she was sold to Phoenix SS Corp.. After numerous name changes and sales to other shipping companies, she was wrecked and sunk, on 17 January 1959, Tunisia, after her steering gear failed in heavy weather. She beached herself near Ras el Djebel, after she was abandoned by her crew.
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