SS Katingo on 11 December 1955
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Name | Samoland |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2359 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $1,028,195 [1] |
Yard number | 144 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 10 April 1944 |
Launched | 20 May 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. H.B. Jones |
Completed | 9 June 1944 |
Fate | Transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport upon completion. |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Samoland |
Operator | E.R. Management Co. |
Acquired | 26 May 1944 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Samoland was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was transferred to the British Ministry of War Transportation (MoWT) upon completion.
Samoland was laid down on 10 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2359, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. H.B. Jones, daughter-in-law of James Addison Jones, and launched on 20 May 1944. [3] [1]
She was allocated to E.R. Management Co., on 9 June 1944. On 30 April 1947, she was sold to the Dover Navigation Co., for commercial use. She was wrecked in 1955, and declared a constructive total loss (CTL), but rebuilt. She was again wrecked in 1968, and scrapped the same year. [4] [5]