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The '''SS Leland Stanford''' was a [[Liberty ship]] built for service in [[World War II]]. |
The '''SS Leland Stanford''' was a [[Liberty ship]] built for service in [[World War II]]. |
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==Namesake== |
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The ship was named for [[Amasa Leland Stanford]], California governor, president of the [[Central Pacific Railroad]], and founder of [[Stanford University]]. |
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==Construction== |
==Construction== |
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| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | SS Leland Stanford |
| Operator | WSAT (550) USAT |
| Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, California[4] |
| Yard number | 0298[2] |
| Launched | August 1942[1] |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Neil Petree, secretary of the Stanford Women's Club of Los Angeles[3] |
| Fate | Scrapped 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
The SS Leland Stanford was a Liberty ship built for service in World War II.
Namesake
The ship was named for Amasa Leland Stanford, California governor, president of the Central Pacific Railroad, and founder of Stanford University.
Construction
SS Leland Stanford was the 53rd ship launched by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, at Long Beach, California. She was launched 42 days after her keel was laid.[5]
Sponsor
The sponsor of the ship was Mrs. Neil Petree, secretary of the Stanford Women's Club of Los Angeles. Her maid of honor was her daughter, Virginia Petree. Mrs. Petree, formerly Vera Margaret Thomas, took her A.B. degree at Stanford in 1918.[6]
Service
The Leland Stanford carried troops to Oran, Algeria, in 1943.[7]
The ship ran aground on 19 January 1944[8] on Hen and Chickens Shoal off of Cape Henlopen, Delaware,[9] in zero visibility. The USS Allegheny responded and for two days unsuccessfully attempted to unground the vessel before being called away to a more severe disaster, the collision and fire of the SS Plattsburg Socony and the Liberty ship SS Charles Henderson. Finally the Leland Stanford worked herself loose without further assistance. [10][11]
On the night of 24 November 1945, the Leland Stanford went aground on the Goodwin Sands off of Kent, at the northern end of the strait of Dover. The ship, carrying some 500 homeward-bound American troops, was refloated early 25 November with the aid of tugs.[12]
Fate
The Leland Stanford was scrapped at Oakland, California, in 1967.[13]
References
- ^ http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsL.html
- ^ http://www.armed-guard.com/ag15.html
- ^ Staff, "S. S. Leland Stanford Built at Long Beach", The Stanford Daily, Associated Students of Stanford University, Stanford, California, Monday 28 September 1942, Volume 102, Number 35, page 6.
- ^ http://www.usmm.org/l/calship.html
- ^ Staff, "S. S. Leland Stanford Built at Long Beach", The Stanford Daily, Associated Students of Stanford University, Stanford, California, Monday 28 September 1942, Volume 102, Number 35, page 6.
- ^ Staff, "S. S. Leland Stanford Built at Long Beach", The Stanford Daily, Associated Students of Stanford University, Stanford, California, Monday 28 September 1942, Volume 102, Number 35, page 6.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=tNn-5353GkkC&pg=RA1-PA33&lpg=RA1-PA33&dq=Liberty+SS+Leland+Stanford&source=bl&ots=CS86WvzvMh&sig=xcTcGOa4gPwusxUOOp9vublt14g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib6o381-3RAhWBdyYKHWAFDk4Q6AEIPDAG#v=onepage&q=Liberty%20SS%20Leland%20Stanford&f=false
- ^ http://www.usmm.org/sunk44.html
- ^ http://coastmariner.com/bin/chart2.php?chartId=12214_1&lat=38.7699&lon=-75.0652&locId=1822
- ^ http://www.historycentral.com/navy/Tug/Alleghany.html
- ^ https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/allegheny-ii.html
- ^ Associated Press, "Troopship Refloated", The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Sunday 25 November 1945, page 2.
- ^ http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsL.html
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