SS LeBaron Russell Briggs

SS LeBaron Russell Briggs was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

LeBaron Russell Briggs was laid down on 29 March 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2301, by J.A.

On 5 March 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Wilmington, North Carolina.

On 26 September 1957, she was relocated to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the Hudson River Group.

On 18 August 1970, she was loaded with 418 steel jacketed concrete vaults, which encased 12,540 US Army M55 rockets containing Sarin nerve gas, and one container of VX gas, and towed out 282 mi (245 nmi; 454 km) east of Cape Kennedy, Florida, where she was scuttled in 16,000 ft (4,900 m) of water.