SS Eleazar Wheelock
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Name | Eleazar Wheelock |
Namesake | Eleazar Wheelock |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 38 |
Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[2] |
Cost | $1,066,058[1] |
Yard number | 2025 |
Way number | 2 |
Laid down | 4 March 1942 |
Launched | 11 May 1942 |
Completed | 5 June 1942 |
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Fate | Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 24 September 1947 |
Status | Sold for scrapping, 10 August 1964 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Eleazar Wheelock was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Eleazar Wheelock, an American Congregational minister, orator, and educator in Lebanon, Connecticut, for 35 years before founding Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Before founding Dartmouth, Wheelock, in 1754, had founded and run the Moor's Charity School in Connecticut, to educate Native Americans.
Construction[]
Eleazar Wheelock was laid down on 4 March 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 38, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; and was launched on 11 May 1942.[2][1]
History[]
She was allocated to , on 5 June 1942. On 24 September 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for scrapping on 10 August 1964, to .[4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Eleazar Wheelock". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- "SS Eleazar Wheelock". Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Baltimore
- 1942 ships
- Wilmington Reserve Fleet