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S.S. Bay State


Gross Tonnage:8,162Net:4,804
Dimensions:459.1 x 63.2 x 28.6 7/8MC Type:C2-S-AJ3
Builder:North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
Wilmington, NC
Hull #
USMC Hull #
Date of Build:
Delivered:
143
1398
1944
11/44
Engines:2 Steam Turbines DR Geared to Single Screwed ShaftEngine Builder:General Electric Co.
Lynn, MA
Navigation:DF, ESD, GC, PFD, RDRDecks, etc.:3 Decks, Electrically Welded

Began SM Service:1960Ended SM Service:1970

----------------------------------- Vessel History -----------------------------------
Date
Vessel
#
Vessel
Name
Vessel
Owner
Call Ltrs
Home
Port
Flag
1944
AKA 70
USS TateUS Navy
 
 US
1946
 
USS TateUS Maritime Commission
 
 US
1947
254130
Julia LuckenbachLuckenbach Steamship Co.
New York & Philadelphia, PA
KWRY
New YorkUS
1960
254130
Bay StateStates Marine Lines, Inc. (DE)
New York
KWRY
New YorkUS

Events:
11/44: Completed for the US Navy as an attack cargo ship (AKA 70).
1946: U.S. Maritime Commission
1947: Sold to Luckenbach Steamship Co., renamed JULIA LUCKENBACH.
1960: Sold to States Marine Lines, renamed BAY STATE.

Disposition DateComments
1970Sold to Taiwan Shipbreakers, arriving Kaohsiung 10/17/70. Scrapped 10/70 Kaohsiung.




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