SS Jerry S. Foley

SS Jerry S. Foley was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Jerry S. Foley a prominent businessman in Jacksonville, Florida. Foley was the president of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, in Foley, Florida; on the board of directors of the Atlantic National Bank, in Jacksonville; president of the Bahamas-Cuban Co.; and president of the LOP&G Railroad.

History
United States
Name: Jerry S. Foley
Namesake: Jerry S. Foley
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: American South African Lines, Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2497
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $993,706[2]
Yard number: 61
Way number: 1
Laid down: 23 August 1944
Launched: 29 September 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. Jerry S. Foley
Completed: 11 October 1944
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 9 October 1948
Status: Sold for scrapping, 5 October 1970, withdrawn from fleet, 12 November 1970
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
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:
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:
Armament:

Construction

Jerry S. Foley was laid down on 23 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2497, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Jerry S. Foley, the wife of the namesake, and was launched on 29 September 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the American South African Lines Inc., on 11 October 1944. On 9 October 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. She was sold for scrapping, 5 October 1970, to Reman Shipping Co., for $42,500. She was removed from the fleet, 12 November 1970.[4]

References
  1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Jerry S. Foley". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 30 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Jerry S. Foley". Retrieved 30 January 2020.


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