SS C. Francis Jenkins

SS C. Francis Jenkins
Career (United States)
Name:	C. Francis Jenkins
Namesake:	C. Francis Jenkins
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Agwilines Inc.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2316
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost:	$975,633
Yard number:	57
Way number:	2
Laid down:	20 July 1944
Launched:	26 August 1944
Sponsored by:	Mrs.E.S.Gladys Morgan
Completed:	9 September 1944
Identification:	Call sign: WSYJ
Fate:	Placed in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 22 May 1946 Placed in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 2 December 1946
Status:	Sold for commercial use, 16 December 1946, withdrawn from fleet, 12 January 1947
Career	Panama
Name:	Ionian Leader
Owner:	Compania de Navegacion Cristobal de Panama
Status:	Scrapped, 1966
General characteristics
Class & 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 ft 6 in (135 m)
Beam:	56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 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:	2 × oil-fired boilers 1 × triple-expansion steam engine, 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) (manufactured by Filer & Stowell Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 1 × screw propeller
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Capacity:	10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Complement:	41
Armament:	Stern-mounted 4"/50 caliber (102 mm) gun for use against surfaced submarines variety of anti-aircraft guns

SS C. Francis Jenkins was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after C. Francis Jenkins, a pioneer of early cinema and television.

Construction

C. Francis Jenkins was laid down on 20 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2316, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. E. S. Gladys Morgan, wife of resident MARCOM auditor; and launched on 26 August 1944.

History

She was allocated to Agwilines Inc., 9 September 1944. On 22 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York.

Allocated to A. L. Burbank and Co., LTD, 16 July 1946. Placed in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 2 December 1946. She was sold, on 16 December 1946, to Cia de Nav. Cristobal, for commercial use, and renamed Ionian Leader. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 12 January 1947.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonespanamacity.htm. Retrieved 9 December 2019. 
• Maritime Administration. "C. Francis Jenkins". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/635. Retrieved 9 December 2019.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf. Retrieved 9 December 2019. 
• "SS C. Francis Jenkins". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=C.Francis%20Jenkins&code=B2316a. Retrieved 9 December 2019.