SS Telfair Stockton

History
United States
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[1]
Cost	$920.238,[2]
Yard number	71
Way number	5
Laid down	24 October 1944
Launched	23 November 1944
Completed	30 November 1944
Identification	Call sign: ANBS [2]
Fate	Laid up in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, 30 April 1946 Sold for commercial use, 24 April 1947, removed from fleet, 29 May 1947
United States
Name	Telfair Stockton (1947-1949) Eugenie (1949-1956) Transporter (1956)
Owner	Oro Navigation Co.
Operator	General Steamship Corp.
Fate	Sold, February 1956
Liberia
Name	Transporter
Owner	Sea Freighter Corp. (1956-1959) Jackson Steamship Co. (1959-1967)
Operator	Polarus Steamship Co. (1956-1957) Cargo Ships & Tankers Inc. (1957-1959) Suwannee Steamship Co. (1959-1967)
Refit	8,636 GRT
Fate	Sold, 1967
Liberia
Name	Zaneta II
Owner	Arger Navigation, Ltd.
Operator	Atlantic Shipping Co.
Fate	Sold, 1968
Liberia
Name	Sfakia
Owner	Ivory Coast Transport Co.
Operator	Commodity Chartering Corp.
Fate	Scrapped, 1973
General characteristics [3]
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 m^3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m^3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

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

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.^[1][2]

History

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

1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
2. MARCOM.
3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
4. MARAD.

Bibliography

• "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.