SS John Wright Stanly

SS John Wright Stanly (MC contract 881) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was originally named after John Wright Stanly, a New Bern, North Carolina businessman and American Revolutionary War privateer. On the ways she was renamed SS Leiv Eiriksson after the Norse explorer.

History
United States
Name	John Wright Stanly
Namesake	John Wright Stanly
Builder	North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number	59
Way number	5
Laid down	18 December 1942
Launched	19 January 1943
Renamed	Leiv Eriksson
Fate	Scrapped 1969
General characteristics
Type	Liberty ship
Tonnage	7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine Single screw 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity	9,140 tons cargo
Complement	41
Armament	1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun AA guns

The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on December 18, 1942, then launched on January 19, 1943.^[1] She was operated by the Barber Steamship Company from her deliver until August 14, 1944 when American West African Lines took over. In October 1946 the Norwegian government purchased Eriksson.^[2] She was sold into private hands in 1947 and scrapped in 1969.^[3]