SS Royal S. Copeland

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameRoyal S. Copeland
Namesake Royal S. Copeland
Owner War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator Parry Navigation Co.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1219
Builder St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida [1]
Cost$1,350,960 [2]
Yard number27
Way number3
Laid down24 November 1943
Launched11 January 1944
Completed22 January 1944
Identification
FateSold to France, 8 November 1946, removed from fleet, 13 December 1946
Flag of France.svgFrance
NameLes Glieres
Owner France
Operator Cie. Messageries Maritimes
FateSold, 1959
Flag of Lebanon.svgLebanon
NameNictric
Owner Cia. Estrella Blanc Lda.
Operator Wigham Richardson and Co.
FateScrapped, 1968 following Cargo fire, 14 June 1967
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
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
Speed11.5 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

SS Royal S. Copeland was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Royal S. Copeland, a United States senator from New York from 1923 until 1938, was an academic, homeopathic physician, and politician.

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Construction

Royal S. Copeland was laid down on 24 November 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1219, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 11 January 1944. [1] [2]

History

She was allocated to Parry Navigation Co., on 22 January 1944. On 7 June 1946, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. She was sold, 8 November 1946, to France, for $544,506, for commercial use. She was removed from the fleet on 13 December 1946. [4]

Royal S. Copeland was renamed Les Glieres in 1947. She was sold to Cia. Estrella Blanca, in 1959, reflagged in Lebanon, and renamed Nictric. On 14 June 1967, her cargo of coal caught fire in Chittagong Roads. She was scrapped in 1968 in Taiwan.

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