SS ''Ponce De Leon'' was a
Liberty ship built in the
United States during
World War II. She was named after
Ponce De Leon
Ponce may refer to:
*Ponce (surname)
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*Ponce, Puerto Rico, a city in Puerto Rico
** Ponce High School
** Ponce massacre, 1937
* USS ''Ponce'', several ships of the US Navy
*Manuel Ponce, a Mexican composer active in the 20th century
* British sla ...
, a
Spanish explorer and
conquistador
Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (, ; meaning 'conquerors') were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, O ...
known for leading the first official European expedition to
Florida and the first governor of
Puerto Rico.
Construction
''Ponce De Leon'' was laid down on 15 August 1942, under a
Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1193, by the
St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company
The St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company was created in Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida during World War II to build Liberty ships.
Company history
The company was established by local shipbuilder and repairer Merrill-Stevens Drydock ...
,
Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. J.C. Merrill, the wife of the president of the St. John's River SB Corp., she was launched on 14 March 1943.
History
She was allocated to
Waterman Steamship Corp., on 30 April 1943. On 11 April 1947, she was laid up in the,
National Defense Reserve Fleet,
Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping, on 10 September 1962, to
Gulf Shipyard Industrial Park Co., for $49,799. She was removed from the fleet on 9 October 1962.
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Liberty ships
Ships built in Jacksonville, Florida
1943 ships
Mobile Reserve Fleet
Juan Ponce de León