SS Thomas L. Haley

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
Cost	$1,507,429
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
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
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	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

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.

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.

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.

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. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• "SS Thomas L. Haley". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
• "SS Julia Ward Howe". www.Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

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