SS Telfair Stockton
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Name | Telfair Stockton |
Namesake | Telfair Stockton |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | R.A. Nichol & Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2507 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $920.238,[1] |
Yard number | 71 |
Way number | 5 |
Laid down | 24 October 1944 |
Launched | 23 November 1944 |
Completed | 30 November 1944 |
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Owner | Oro Navigation Co. |
Operator | General Steamship Corp. |
Fate | Sold, February 1956 |
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Name | Transporter |
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Refit | 8,636 GRT |
Fate | Sold, 1967 |
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Name | Zaneta II |
Owner | Arger Navigation, Ltd. |
Operator | Atlantic Shipping Co. |
Fate | Sold, 1968 |
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Name | Sfakia |
Owner | Ivory Coast Transport Co. |
Operator | Commodity Chartering Corp. |
Fate | Scrapped, 1973 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Telfair Stockton was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Telfair Stockton, an American entrepreneur and developer in Jacksonville, Florida.
Construction
[edit]Telfair Stockton was laid down on 24 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2507, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 23 November 1944.[2][1]
History
[edit]She was allocated to the R.A. Nichol & Company, on 30 November 1944. On 30 April 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California. She was sold for commercial use, 24 April 1947, to Oro Navigation Co. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 29 May 1947[4]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Harald Torsvik". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- "SS Telfair Stockton". Retrieved 4 February 2020.