SS Thomas L. Haley

SS Thomas L. Haley was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Thomas L. Haley, a Merchant seaman killed on the Liberty ship SS Julia Ward Howe, 27 January 1943, when she was struck by a torpedo from German submarine U-442.[4]

History
United States
Name: Thomas L. Haley
Namesake: Thomas L. Haley
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2518
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,507,429[2]
Yard number: 82
Way number: 6
Laid down: 8 January 1945
Launched: 12 February 1945
Sponsored by: Mrs. Stanley Erwin
Completed: 24 February 1945
Fate: Transferred to Greece, 24 February 1945
Greece
Name: Spetsae
Owner: Greece
Fate: Sold for commercial use, 17 January 1947
Greece
Name: Captain K. Papazoglou
Owner:
  • Stavros S. Niarchos (1947)
  • N. Coumantaros (1947-1949)
  • Stavros S. Niarchos (1949-1954)
Operator:
  • Union Maritime & Shipping Co. (1948-1949)
  • Simpson, Spence & Young (1949-1952)
  • North American Shipping & Trading Co. (1952-1954)
Fate: Sold, 1954
Greece
Name: Pantanassa
Owner: Efploia Shipping Corp.
Operator: G. Lemos Bros.
Fate: Sold, 1961
Lebanon
Name: Giorgos Tsakiroglou
Owner:
  • Eftychia Cia. Nav. (1961-1964)
  • Efthia Cia. Nav. (1964-1969)
Operator:
  • Franco Shipping Co. (1961-1964)
  • Carapanayoti & Co. (1964-1968)
  • Shipping & Produce Co. (1968-1969)
Fate: Scrapped, 1969
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
Length:
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam: 57 feet (17 m)
Draft: 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power:
  • 2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 1 × screw propeller
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement:
Armament:

Construction

Thomas L. Haley was laid down on 8 January 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2518, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Stanley Erwin, the wife of a prominent Jacksonville physician, and she was launched on 12 February 1945.[1][2]

History

She was transferred to Greece, under the Lend-Lease program, on 24 February 1945. She was sold for commercial use, 17 January 1947, to Stavros S. Niarchos, for $576,758.66.[5]

References
  1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. Uboat.
  5. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Thomas L. Haley". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 11 February 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Thomas L. Haley". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • "SS Julia Ward Howe". www.Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 February 2020.


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