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SS Sallie S. Cotten

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History
United States
NameSallie S. Cotten
NamesakeSallie Southall Cotten
BuilderNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Laid down13 April 1943
Launched7 May 1943
RenamedOle Bull
FateScrapped 1967
General characteristics
TypeLiberty ship
Tonnage7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity9,140 tons cargo
Complement41
Armament

SS Sallie S. Cotten (MC contract 1969) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Sallie Southall Cotten, writer and clubwoman living in North Carolina. After being launched, the Cotten was renamed Ole Bull after the Norwegian violin virtuoso.[1]

The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on April 13, 1943, and launched on May 7, 1943.[2] Bull was chartered to the International Freighting Corporation by the War Shipping Administration until October 1946 when she was purchased by the Royal Norwegian government.[3] The vessel was scrapped in 1967.

References

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  1. ^ "Ole Bull". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  2. ^ "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  3. ^ "Ole Bull". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-14.