SS Pierre L'Enfant

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NamePierre L'Enfant
Namesake Pierre L'Enfant
Owner War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator Polarus Steamship Co., Inc.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1001
Awarded30 January 1942
Builder Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland [1]
Cost$1,002,961 [2]
Yard number2151
Way number11
Laid down17 May 1943
Launched11 June 1943
Sponsored byMrs. O. M. White
Completed28 June 1943
Identification
FateSold for commercial use, 27 November 1946
Flag of Panama.svgPanama
NameAtlantic Wave
Owner
Operator
FateSold, 1961
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svgYugoslavia
NameMiljet
Owner Atlanska Plovidba Dubrovnik
Operator Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp.
FateSold, 1965
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svgYugoslavia
NameKolasin
Owner Prekookeanska Plovidba, Bar.
OperatorAnglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp.
FateGrounded near Tuapse, 27 January 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 Pierre L'Enfant was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Pierre L'Enfant, a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C., known today as the L'Enfant Plan.

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Construction

Pierre L'Enfant was laid down on 17 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 1001, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. O. M. White, the wife of a yard employee, and was launched on 11 June 1943. [1] [2]

History

She was allocated to Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., on 28 June 1943. On 27 November 1946, she was sold for commercial use to Atlantic Maritime Co., for $544,506. After several owner and name changes, sailing as Kolasin, she was grounded near Tuapse, on the Black Sea, and declared a Total Loss. [4]

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