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[1]
Cost:	$1,507,429[2]
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 [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 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.[4]

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.[1][2]

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.[5]

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
"SS Thomas L. Haley". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
"SS Julia Ward Howe". www.Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

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[FOOTNOTESt._John's_River_SBC2010-1] St. John's River SBC 2010.

[FOOTNOTEMARCOM-2] MARCOM.

[FOOTNOTEDavies200423-3] Davies 2004, p. 23.

[FOOTNOTEUboat-4] Uboat.

[FOOTNOTEMARAD-5] MARAD.