SS John Wright Stanly

SS John Wright Stanly (MC contract 881) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was originally named after John Wright Stanly, a New Bern, North Carolina businessman and American Revolutionary War privateer. On the ways she was renamed SS Leiv Eiriksson after the Norse explorer.

History
United States
Name: John Wright Stanly
Namesake: John Wright Stanly
Builder: North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number: 59
Way number: 5
Laid down: 18 December 1942
Launched: 19 January 1943
Renamed: Leiv Eriksson
General characteristics
Type: Liberty ship
Tonnage: 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length: 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam: 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft: 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion:
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity: 9,140 tons cargo
Complement: 41
Armament:
  • 1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun
  • AA guns

The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on December 18, 1942, then launched on January 19, 1943.[1] She was operated by the Barber Steamship Company from her deliver until August 14, 1944 when American West African Lines took over. In October 1946 the Norwegian government purchased Eriksson.[2] She was sold into private hands in 1947 and scrapped in 1969.[3]

References
  1. "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. "Leiv Eiriksson". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  3. "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.