SS John L. McCarley

SS John L. McCarley
Career (United States)
Name:	John L. McCarley
Namesake:	John L. McCarley
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 2342
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost:	$1,058,347
Yard number:	83
Way number:	4
Laid down:	10 January 1945
Launched:	14 February 1945
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Estell Twing
Completed:	27 February 1945
Identification:	Call sign: ANIL
Fate:	Transferred to the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 19 August 1949
Status:	Sold for scrapping, 1 May 1972, removed from fleet, 13 July 1972
General characteristics
Class & type:	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C5, boxed aircraft transport
Tonnage:	10,600 LT DWT 7,200 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 Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale, California) 1 × screw propeller
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Capacity:	490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale)
Complement:	41
Armament:	Stern-mounted 4"/50 caliber (102 mm) gun for use against surfaced submarines variety of anti-aircraft guns

SS John L. McCarley was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John L. McCarley.

Construction

John L. McCarley was laid down on 10 January 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2342, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Estell Twing, the wife of W.B. Twing, general delivery, she was launched on 14 February 1945.

History

She was allocated to Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc., on 27 February 1945. After a number of contracts, on 19 August 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping, 1 May 1972, to Pinto Island Metals Co., for $36,850. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 13 July 1972.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonespanamacity.htm. 
• Maritime Administration. "John L. McCarley". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2606. 
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf. 
• "SS John L. McCarley". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=John%20L.McCarley&code=B2342a.