SS Samoland

History
United States
Name: Samoland
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2359
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost: $1,028,195[1]
Yard number: 144
Way number: 4
Laid down: 10 April 1944
Launched: 20 May 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. H.B. Jones
Completed: 9 June 1944
Fate: Transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport upon completion.
United Kingdom
Name: Samoland
Operator: E.R. Management Co.
Acquired: 26 May 1944
Identification:
Fate: Sold to Dover Navigation Co., 30 April 1947
Status: Scrapped, 1968
General characteristics [2]
Class and type:
Tonnage: 7,176 GRT
Displacement: 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length:
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 417 feet 8.75 inches (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam: 57 feet (17 m)
Draft: 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power:
  • 2 × Oil fired boilers
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
  • 10,856 LT DWT
  • 7,176 GT
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement:
Armament:

SS Samoland was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was transferred to the British Ministry of War Transportation (MoWT) upon completion.

Construction

Samoland was laid down on 10 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2359, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. H.B. Jones, daughter-in-law of James Addison Jones, and launched on 20 May 1944.[3][1]

History

She was allocated to E.R. Management Co., on 9 June 1944. On 30 April 1947, she was sold to the Dover Navigation Co., for commercial use. She was wrecked in 1955, and declared a constructive total loss (CTL), but rebuilt. She was again wrecked in 1968, and scrapped the same year.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 MARCOM.
  2. ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
  3. ↑ J.A. Brunswick 2010.
  4. ↑ Liberty Ships.
  5. ↑ MARAD.

Bibliography

  • "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  • "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  • Maritime Administration. "Samoland". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  • "SS Samoland". Retrieved 7 November 2017.


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