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 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1969 |
| 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 |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Capacity | 9,140 tons cargo |
| Complement | 41 |
| Armament |
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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
edit- ^ "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^ "Leiv Eiriksson". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
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