SS Royal S. Copeland
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United States | |
Name | Royal S. Copeland |
Namesake | Royal S. Copeland |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1219 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $1,350,960[1] |
Yard number | 27 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 24 November 1943 |
Launched | 11 January 1944 |
Completed | 22 January 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold to France, 8 November 1946, removed from fleet, 13 December 1946 |
France | |
Name | Les Glieres |
Owner | France |
Operator | |
Fate | Sold, 1959 |
Lebanon | |
Name | Nictric |
Owner | |
Operator | |
Fate | Scrapped, 1968 following Cargo fire, 14 June 1967 |
General characteristics [3] | |
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Tonnage | |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Royal S. Copeland was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Royal S. Copeland, a United States Senator from New York from 1923 until 1938, was an academic, homeopathic physician, and politician.
Construction[]
Royal S. Copeland was laid down on 24 November 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1219, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 11 January 1944.[2][1]
History[]
She was allocated to , on 22 January 1944. On 7 June 1946, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. She was sold, 8 November 1946, to France, for $544,506, for commercial use. She was removed from the fleet on 13 December 1946.[4]
Royal S. Copeland was renamed Les Glieres in 1947. She was sold to , in 1959, reflagged in Lebanon, and renamed Nictric. On 14 June 1967, her cargo of coal caught fire in . She was scrapped in 1968 in Taiwan.
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Royal S. Copeland". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- "SS Royal S. Copeland". Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1944 ships
- Hudson River Reserve Fleet
- Liberty ships transferred to France