SS Nick Stoner

SS Nick Stoner was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Nicholas Stoner, a hunter and trapper who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later the United States Army in the War of 1812.

Nick Stoner being assisted by a tugboat
History
United States
Name	Nick Stoner
Namesake	Nicholas Stoner
Owner	War Shipping Administration
Operator	North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co
Port of registry	Pensacola[1]
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2307
Builder	JA Jones, Panama City, Florida
Cost	$927,137[2]
Yard number	48
Way number	5
Laid down	12 May 1944
Launched	17 June 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Eula Brown
Completed	30 June 1944
Identification	US official number 345900[1] call sign WQZQ[1]
Fate	Laid up, 22 October 1948 Sold for scrap, 14 May 1963
General characteristics [3]
Class & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

Construction

Nick Stoner was laid down on 12 May 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2307, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida. She was sponsored by Mrs. Eula Brown, and launched on 17 June 1944.^[4][2]

History

She was allocated to North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Company, on 30 June 1944. On 11 June 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, Alabama. On 14 May 1963, she was sold for $48,765.56 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, to be scrapped. She was removed from the fleet on 17 June 1963.^[5][6]