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United States | |
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Namesake | |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2502 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida [1] |
Cost | $955,581 [2] |
Yard number | 66 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 25 September 1944 |
Launched | 28 October 1944 |
Completed | 6 November 1944 |
Fate | Transferred to Norway under Lend-Lease, 6 November 1944 |
Norway | |
Name | Harald Torsvik |
Owner | Norway |
Fate | Sold, 1946 |
Norway | |
Name | Grey County |
Owner | Klaus Wiese Hansen |
Fate | Sold, 1951 |
Panama | |
Name | Aegean Sailor |
Owner | Cia Nav del Egero |
Operator | Lemos & Pateras |
Refit | Converted to M/V, 1960 |
Fate | Sold, 1960 |
Greece | |
Name | Kyramorouko |
Owner | Marafecto Cia Nav |
Fate | Sold, 1964 |
Greece | |
Name | Spalmatori |
Owner | Spalmatori Cia Nav |
Fate | Sold, 1966 |
Greece | |
Name | Anastassios |
Owner | Astro-Mareante Nav |
Fate | Sold, 1967 |
Greece | |
Name | Stymfalos |
Owner | Stymfalos SA |
Fate | Scrapped, 1968 |
General characteristics [3] | |
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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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