SS Montfort Stokes

SS Montfort Stokes (MC contract 2000) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Montfort Stokes, an American politician who served as both North Carolina's Governor and Senator.

History
United States
Name: Montfort Stokes
Namesake: Montfort Stokes
Builder: North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number: 184
Way number: 7
Laid down: 16 July 1943
Launched: 14 August 1943
Fate:
  • Sold, 1947
  • Scrapped, 1962
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 on 16 July 1943 by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company of Wilmington, North Carolina, then launched on 14 August 1943. The ship survived the war and was sold into private ownership in 1947. She was scrapped in 1962.[1]

References
  1. "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.


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