SS Edward W. Bok

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameEdward W. Bok
Namesake Edward W. Bok
Owner War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator Luckenbach Steamship Co., Ltd.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2469
Awarded23 April 1943
Builder St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida [1]
Cost$1,228,217 [2]
Yard number33
Way number3
Laid down14 January 1944
Launched12 March 1944
Sponsored byMrs. H.M. Nornabell
Completed27 March 1944
Identification
Fate
Civil Ensign of Italy.svgItaly
NamePaolina
Owner Imprese Nav. Commerciale
FateSold, 1959
Civil Ensign of Italy.svgItaly
NameNando
Owner Navigazione San Giorgio
FateSold, 1960
Flag of Panama.svgPanama
NameKim
Owner General Navigation, SA
Operator Agemar, SA
FateSold, 1965
Flag of Panama.svgPanama
NameSun
Owner Sun Navigation Co
Operator L. Ottaviani
FateScrapped, 1970
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
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
Speed11.5 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

SS Edward W. Bok was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Edward W. Bok, a naval constructor a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies' Home Journal for 30 years (1889-1919) and created Bok Tower Gardens in central Florida.

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Construction

Edward W. Bok was laid down on 14 January 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2469, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. H.M. Nornabell, the wife of Major Henry Marshall Nornabell, the director of Bok Tower Gardens, and was launched on 12 March 1944. [1] [2]

History

She was allocated to the Luckenbach Steamship Company, on 27 March 1944. On 18 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for commercial use, 4 January 1947, to Italy, for $544,506. She was removed from the fleet on 16 January 1947. Edward W. Bok was renamed Paolina and flagged in Italy. She was renamed Nando in 1959. In 1960, she was sold and renamed Kim and flagged in Panama. In 1965, she was sold and renamed Sun. She was scrapped in Japan, in 1970. [4]

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