SS Bjarne A. Lia
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United States | |
Name | Bjarne A. Lia |
Namesake | Bjarne A. Lia |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2332 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $950,315[1] |
Yard number | 73 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 31 October 1944 |
Launched | 30 November 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Bjarne A. Lia |
Completed | 12 December 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 24 May 1949 |
United States | |
Name | Frederic C. Collin |
Owner | Drytrans Inc. |
Fate | Sold, 1958 |
Liberia | |
Name | Penn Trader |
Owner | Bulkcargo Shipping Corp. |
Operator | Penn Shipping Co. |
Fate | Sold, 1964 |
United States | |
Name | Hanover |
Owner | Pan American Tankers Corp. |
Operator | George T. Bates & Co. |
Fate | Sold, 1966 |
Liberia | |
Name | Santa Sofia |
Owner | Santa Sofia Cia Armadora, Panama |
Fate | Sold, 1966 |
Liberia | |
Name | Sigalpha |
Owner | Ocean Transport Co. |
Operator | Neris Carbon and Oil Corp. |
Fate | Sold, 1967 |
Liberia | |
Name | Sigalpha |
Owner | Coast Navigation Inc. |
Operator | Hugo Neu Corp |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1968 |
General characteristics [2] | |
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Tonnage | |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Bjarne A. Lia was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Bjarne A. Lia.
Construction
Bjarne A. Lia was laid down on 31 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2332, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Bjarne A. Lia, widow of the namesake, and launched on 30 November 1944.[3][1]
History
She was allocated to the Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., 14 December 1944.[4]
She was sold into commercial service in 1949 and after a series of sales and name changes she was scrapped on 29 June 1968 in Split.[5]
References
- ^ a b c MARCOM.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ J.A. Panama City 2010.
- ^ MARAD.
- ^ "Bjarne A. Lia (2246934)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
Bibliography
- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Maritime Administration. "Bjarne A. Lia". Ship History Database Vessel fate Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 December 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- "SS Bjarne A. Lia". Retrieved 11 December 2019.