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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.
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]
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]
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