USS Elizabeth C. Stanton

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History
United States
Name	Sea Star (1939-1940) Mormacstar (1940-1942) Elizabeth C. Stanton (1942-1946) Mormacstar (1946-1961) Jacqueline Someck (1961-1964) National Seafarer (1964-1947)
Namesake	Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Builder	Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California
Launched	22 December 1939, as Sea Star
Acquired	13 September 1942
Commissioned	17 September 1942
Decommissioned	3 April 1946
Honors and awards	5 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold by the Maritime Commission for commercial service, 1946 Scrapped in 1967
General characteristics
Class and type	Elizabeth C. Stanton-class transport
Displacement	7,980 long tons (8,108 t) light 14,909 long tons (15,148 t) full
Length	492 ft (150 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbine, single shaft, 8,500 hp (6,338 kW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	429 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × single 5"/38 caliber gun 4 × single 3"/50 caliber guns

USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) was the lead ship of her class of Second World War United States Navy transport ships, named for the suffragist and abolitionist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Elizabeth C. Stanton was launched on 22 December 1939 as Sea Star by Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California, for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Richard J. Welch; renamed Mormacstar in 1940; transferred to the Navy on 13 September 1942; and commissioned on 17 September 1942.