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Name | Ora Ellis |
Namesake | Ora Ellis |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Polarus Steamship Co., Inc. |
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 |
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Name | Coral Sea |
Owner | Coral Steamship Corp. |
Fate | Sold, January 1951 |
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Name | Sea Coral |
Owner | Orion Shipping and Trading Co. |
Fate | Sold, January 1954 |
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Owner | Coral Cia. Armadora |
Renamed | 1957 |
Fate | Grounded and sank, 18 May 1960 |
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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) |
Capacity | 490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale) |
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SS Ora Ellis was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Ora Ellis, a Merchant marine killed when U-506 torpedoed SS William C. McTarnahan, 35 mi (56 km) east of Ship Shoal Light, Louisiana, 16 May 1942.[4][5]
Construction
[edit]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
[edit]She was allocated to Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., 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 Coral Steamship Corp., for commercial use and renamed Coral Sea. On 18 May 1960, after having been sold to Coral Cia. Armmadora, renamed Andros Coral, and flagged in Liberia, she sank for a total loss when she was grounded in the Chacao Channel, Chile.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c MARCOM.
- ^ a b J.A. Panama City 2010.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ Armed-Guard.
- ^ UBoat.
- ^ MARAD.
Bibliography
[edit]- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- Maritime Administration. "Ora Ellis". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- "SS Ora Ellis". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- "THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE NAMES". Armed-guard.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- "William C. McTarnahan". UBoat.net. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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