USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69)

USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69)

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 C. Stanton.

Elizabeth C. Stanton was launched on 22 December 1939 as Sea Star by Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Richard J. Welch; transferred to the Navy on 13 September 1942; and commissioned on 17 September 1942, Commander D. A. Frost, USN (Ret), in command.