SS Donald W. Bain

SS Donald W. Bain was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Donald W. Bain, a state Treasurer of North Carolina.

History
United States
Name: Donald W. Bain
Namesake: Donald W. Bain
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2360
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost: $1,016,239[1]
Yard number: 145
Way number: 5
Laid down: 17 April 1944
Launched: 25 May 1944
Sponsored by: Alice Wilson Broughton
Completed: 17 June 1944
Identification:
Fate: Sold, 31 January 1947
United States
Owner: Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc.
Acquired: 31 January 1947
Fate: Sold, 23 February 1949
United States
Name: Lilica
Owner: Dolphin Steamship Corp.
Acquired: 23 February 1949
Fate: Wrecked, rebuilt
Status: Sold, 29 July 1952
Italy
Name: Elisa Camanella
Owner: Societe Di Navigazione Tito Campanella
Acquired: 29 July 1952
Fate: Scrapped, 1969
General characteristics [2]
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
Length:
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (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 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 1 × screw propeller
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement:
Armament:

Construction

Donald W. Bain was laid down on 17 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2360, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Alice Wilson Broughton, wife of J. Melville Broughton the Governor of North Carolina, and launched on 25 May 1944.[3][1]

History

She was allocated to the Norton Lilly Management Corp., on 17 June 1944. On 31 January 1947, she was sold to the Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc. She was resold to the Dolphin Steamship Corp., 23 February 1949, and renamed Lilica. She was wrecked on 25 December 1951, off Civitavecchia, and declared a constructive total loss (CTL) but rebuilt. She was again sold on 29 July 1952, to the Italian shipping company Societe Di Navigazione Tito Campanella, where she was renamed Elisa Camanella, and converted to a motor ship in 1955. She was scrapped in 1969. [4][5]

References
  1. 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 8 November 2017.
  • "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  • Maritime Administration. "Donald W. Bain". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 8 November 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Donald W. Bain". Retrieved 8 November 2017.


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