SS William Grayson
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| United States | |
| Name | William Grayson |
| Namesake | William Grayson |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Black Diamond Steamship Co. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 310 |
| Awarded | 1 May 1941 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Cost | $1,065,106 |
| Yard number | 2060 |
| Way number | 3 |
| Laid down | 16 July 1942 |
| Launched | 31 August 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Albert W. Kabernagel |
| Completed | 14 September 1942 |
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| Fate | Transferred to Greece, 18 May 1945 |
| Greece | |
| Name | Kerkyra |
| Owner | Greece |
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| Fate | Sold, 1957 |
| Greece | |
| Name | Alexandros |
| Owner | Lamyra Shipping Co. |
| Operator | Sea Traffic & Trading Corp. |
| Fate | Sold, 1962 |
| Lebanon | |
| Name | Theonymphos Tinou |
| Owner | Preveza Shipping Co. |
| Operator | Tsakalotos Navigation Corp. |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1968 |
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| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS William Grayson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William Grayson, a soldier, lawyer, and statesman from Virginia. Grayson was a delegate to the Confederation Congress from 1785 to 1787. He helped to pass the Northwest Ordinance, including a provision that forbade slavery in the Northwest Territory. He was one of the first two US Senators from Virginia, and belonged to the Anti-Federalist faction, he was also the first member of the United States Congress to die while holding office.