SS Eleazar Wheelock

History
United States
Name:	Eleazar Wheelock
Namesake:	Eleazar Wheelock
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Calmar Steamship Corp.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 38
Awarded:	14 March 1941
Builder:	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost:	$1,066,058[2]
Yard number:	2025
Way number:	2
Laid down:	4 March 1942
Launched:	11 May 1942
Completed:	5 June 1942
Identification:	Call sign: KFDN; [2];
Fate:	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 24 September 1947
Status:	Sold for scrapping, 10 August 1964
General characteristics [3]
Class and 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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey); 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 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 Eleazar Wheelock was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Eleazar Wheelock, an American Congregational minister, orator, and educator in Lebanon, Connecticut, for 35 years before founding Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Before founding Dartmouth, Wheelock, in 1754, had founded and run the Moor's Charity School in Connecticut, to educate Native Americans.

Construction

Eleazar Wheelock was laid down on 4 March 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 38, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; and was launched on 11 May 1942.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to Calmar Steamship Corp., on 5 June 1942. On 24 September 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for scrapping on 10 August 1964, to Northern Metal Co..[4]

Bibliography

"Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
Maritime Administration. "Eleazar Wheelock". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 25 February 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
"SS Eleazar Wheelock". Retrieved 25 February 2020.

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[FOOTNOTEBethlehem-Fairfield_Shipyards2008-1] Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.

[FOOTNOTEMARCOM-2] MARCOM.

[FOOTNOTEDavies200423-3] Davies 2004, p. 23.

[FOOTNOTEMARAD-4] MARAD.