SS_Cornelia_P._Spencer
SS Cornelia P. Spencer
U.S. WWI Liberty ship
SS Cornelia P. Spencer (MC contract 911) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Cornelia Phillips Spencer, an influential writer and journalist in North Carolina during the Reconstruction era.
The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on March 29, 1943, and launched on April 24, 1943.[1] She was chartered to the A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd by the War Shipping Administration.[2]