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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 |
Career (Greece) | ![]() |
Name: | Spetsae |
Owner: | Greece |
Fate: | Sold for commercial use, 17 January 1947 |
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Name: | Captain K. Papazoglou |
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Fate: | Sold, 1954 |
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Name: | Pantanassa |
Owner: | Efploia Shipping Corp. |
Operator: | G. Lemos Bros. |
Fate: | Sold, 1961 |
Career (Lebanon) | ![]() |
Name: | Giorgos Tsakiroglou |
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Fate: | Scrapped, 1969 |
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.[3]
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.[4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/stjohnsriver.htm.
- Maritime Administration. "Thomas L. Haley". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/11233.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "SS Thomas L. Haley". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Thomas%20L.Haley&code=B2518a.
- "SS Julia Ward Howe". www.Uboat.net. https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2610.html.
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