SS Pierre L'Enfant

SS Pierre L'Enfant was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Pierre L'Enfant, a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C., known today as the L'Enfant Plan.

History
United States
Name: Pierre L'Enfant
Namesake: Pierre L'Enfant
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Polarus Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1001
Awarded: 30 January 1942
Builder: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost: $1,002,961[2]
Yard number: 2151
Way number: 11
Laid down: 17 May 1943
Launched: 11 June 1943
Sponsored by: Mrs. O. M. White
Completed: 28 June 1943
Identification:
Status: Sold for commercial use, 27 November 1946
Panama
Name: Atlantic Wave
Owner:
  • Atlantic Maritime Co. (1946—1953)
  • Atlantic Freighters, Ltd. (1953—1961)
Operator:
  • Boyd, Weir & Sewell (1946—1952)
  • Maritime Brokers, Inc. (1952—1953)
  • Livanos Ltd. (1953—1961)
Status: Sold, 1961
Yugoslavia
Name: Miljet
Owner: Atlanska Plovidba Dubrovnik
Operator: Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp.
Status: Sold, 1965
Yugoslavia
Name: Kolasin
Owner: Prekookeanska Plovidba, Bar.
Operator: Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp.
Fate: Grounded near Tuapse, 27 January 1970
Status: Declared Total Loss
General characteristics [3]
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

Pierre L'Enfant was laid down on 17 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 1001, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. O. M. White, the wife of a yard employee, and was launched on 11 June 1943.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., on 28 June 1943. On 27 November 1946, she was sold for commercial use to Atlantic Maritime Co., for $544,506. After several owner and name changes, sailing as Kolasin, she was grounded near Tuapse, on the Black Sea, and declared a Total Loss.[4]

References
  1. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Pierre L'Enfant". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 17 March 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Pierre L'Enfant". Retrieved 17 March 2020.


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