Gross Tonnage: | 7,870 | Net: | 4,580 |
Dimensions: | 492.0 x 69.7 x 29.4 7/8 | MC Type: | C3-S-A2 |
Builder: | Western Pipe & Steel Co.
San Francisco, CA | Hull #
USMC Hull #
Date of Build:
Delivered: | 84
272
1943
5/29/43 |
Engines: | 2 Steam Turbines DR Geared to Single Screwed Shaft | Engine Builder: | General Electric Co.
Lynn, MA |
Navigation: | DF, ESD, GC, RDR | Decks, etc.: | 2 Decks & Shelter Deck |
Began SM Service: | 1960 | Ended SM Service: | 1971 |
----------------------------------- Vessel History ----------------------------------- |
Date | Vessel
# | Vessel
Name | Vessel
Owner | Call Ltrs | Home
Port | Flag |
1943 | 243297 | Sea Snipe | US War Shipping Administration | KOIQ | San Francisco | USWB |
1946 | 243297 | Sea Snipe | US Maritime Commission | KOIQ | San Francisco | US |
1947 | 243297 | Edward Luckenbach | Luckenbach Steamship Co.
New York & Philadelphia, PA | KOIQ | New York | US |
1960 | 243297 | Aloha State | States Marine Lines, Inc. (DE)
New York | KOIQ | New York | US |
1971 | 243297 | Aloha State | States Marine International, Inc. (DE)
New York | KOIQ | New York | US |
Events:
8/8/42: Keel laid.
12/7/42: Launched, sponsored by Mrs. Frank F. Kane.
5/29/43: Delivered and completed conversion to a transport for 2,194 troops and 225,500 cubic feet of cargo at San Francisco for operation under the WSA by American President Lines.
8/13/43: Departed San Francisco on maiden voyage to Australia. She spent time until July 1945 shuttling between the West Coast and points in the South and Western Pacific.
7/45 - 12/45: Carried troops from France and Italy back to the U.S. East Coast.
12/45: Developed serious boiler trouble requiring major overhaul, canceling further European voyages.
1946: U.S. Maritime Commission, operated by Dickman, Wright and Pugh
1947: Sold to Luckenbach Steamship Co., renamed EDWARD LUCKENBACH.
1960: Sold to States Marine Lines, renamed ALOHA STATE.
1971: Sold/transferred to States Marine International, Inc., name retained.
Disposition Date | Comments |
1971 | Sold to Taiwan Shipbreakers, arrived Kaohsiung prior to 8/21/71, having left Surabaja 8/4/71. Scrapped 8/71 Kaohsiung. |
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