History | |
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United States | |
Name | Noah Brown |
Namesake | Noah Brown |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Seas Shipping Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2481 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida [1] |
Cost | $1,192,596 [2] |
Yard number | 45 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 28 April 1944 |
Launched | 8 June 1944 |
Completed | 28 June 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 8 October 1947 |
United States | |
Name |
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Owner | Bulk Carriers Corp. |
Fate | Sold, 24 December 1954 |
Liberia | |
Name | Aldershot |
Owner | Aldershot Steamship Corp. |
Operator | Ocean Freighting & Brokerage Corp. |
Fate | Sold, May 1960 |
Greece | |
Name | Karolina |
Owner | Regina Steamship Corp. |
Operator | Ocean Freighting & Brokerage Corp. |
Fate | Sold, 31 October 1963 |
Liberia | |
Name | Vrontados Pioneer |
Owner | Adriatic Maritime Co. |
Operator | Pacific Steamship Agency |
Fate | Sold, 1966 |
Liberia | |
Name | Vrontados Pioneer |
Owner | Cosmic Freighters Ltd |
Operator | Pacific Steamship Agency |
Fate | Scrapped, September 1969 |
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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SS Noah Brown was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Noah Brown, an American shipbuilder, based in New York City, founded a company, along with his brother Adam, which was active between 1804 and 1833. They built several notable vessels, including Robert Fulton's Demologos, the first steam-powered warship, and numerous naval vessels on Lake Erie and Lake Champlain, during the War of 1812.
Noah Brown was laid down on 28 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2481, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 8 June 1944. [1] [2]
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