SS Sallie S. Cotten

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]

History
United States
Name: Sallie S. Cotten
Namesake: Sallie Southall Cotten
Builder: North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Laid down: 13 April 1943
Launched: 7 May 1943
Renamed: Ole Bull
Fate: scrapped 1967
General characteristics
Type: Liberty ship
Tonnage: 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length: 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam: 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft: 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion:
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity: 9,140 tons cargo
Complement: 41
Armament:

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 Freight 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
  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.


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