SS Ora Ellis

History
United States
Name	Ora Ellis
Namesake
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 3148
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[2]
Cost	$853,227[1]
Yard number	108
Way number	6
Laid down	23 July 1945
Launched	26 September 1945
Completed	16 October 1945
Identification	Call sign: AOJA [1]
Fate	Laid up in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 3 January 1947
Status	Sold for commercial use, 8 August 1947
Name	Coral Sea
Owner
Status	Sold, January 1951
Name	Sea Coral
Owner
Status	Sold, January 1954
Liberia
Name	Seacoral Andro Coral
Owner
Renamed	1957
Status	Grounded and sank, 18 May 1960
General characteristics [3]
Class and 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 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 Filer and Stowell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	490,000 cubic feet (13,875 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 Ora Ellis was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after , a Merchant marine killed when U-506 torpedoed , 35 mi (56 km) east of Ship Shoal Light, Louisiana, 16 May 1942.^[4][5]

Construction[]

Ora Ellis was laid down on 23 July 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 3148, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 26 September 1945.^[2][1]

History[]

She was allocated to , on 16 October 1945. On 3 January 1947, she was laid up in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold, on 8 August 1947, to , for commercial use and renamed Coral Sea. On 18 May 1960, after having been sold to , renamed Andros Coral, and flagged in Liberia, she sank for a total loss when she was grounded in the Chacao Channel, Chile.^[6]

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