SS John Wright Stanly

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NameJohn Wright Stanly
NamesakeJohn Wright Stanly
Builder North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number59
Way number5
Laid down18 December 1942
Launched19 January 1943
RenamedLeiv Eriksson
FateScrapped 1969
General characteristics
Type Liberty ship
Tonnage7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity9,140 tons cargo
Complement41
Armament

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.

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]

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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.