SS ''Ira Nelson Morris'' was a

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built in the

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during

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. She was named after Ira Nelson Morris, the US Minister to

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(1914–1923), he also saved 19 year old Ellen Neilson aboard the

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liner ''United States'' in 1921, from being washed overboard.

Construction

''Ira Nelson Morris'' was laid down on 26 October 1944, under a

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(MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2387, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Constance Lily Morris, widow of the namesake, and launched on 25 November 1944.

History

She was allocated to Seas Shipping Co., Inc., on 8 December 1944. On 27 April 1946, she was laid up in the

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, in the Hudson River Group. On 12 October 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the Suisun Bay Group. On 2 November 1965, she was sold for $48,398.18, to National Metal & Scrap Corp., for scrapping. She was removed from the fleet on 22 November 1965.

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