| Gross Tonnage: | 7,868 | Net: | 4,657 |
| Dimensions: | 492.0 x 69.7 x 29.5 | MC Type: | C3-S-A2 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.
Pascagoula, MS | Hull #
USMC Hull #
Date of Build:
Delivered: | 334
429
1943
12/05/43 |
| Engines: | 2 Steam Turbines DR Geared to Single Screwed Shaft | Engine Builder: | Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Pittsburgh, PA |
| Navigation: | DF, ESD, GC, RDR, RT | Decks, etc.: | 2 Decks & Open Shelter Deck |
| Began SM Service: | 1960 | Ended SM Service: | 1973 |
----------------------------------- Vessel History ----------------------------------- |
Date | Vessel
# | Vessel
Name | Vessel
Owner | Call Ltrs | Home
Port | Flag |
1943 | 244577 | Sea Star (II) | US War Shipping Administration | KURW | New Orleans | USWB |
1946 | 244577 | Sea Star (II) | US Maritime Commission | KURW | New York | US |
1949 | 244577 | George Luckenbach | Luckenbach Steamship Co.
New York & Philadelphia, PA | KURW | New York | US |
1960 | 244577 | Buckeye State | States Marine Lines, Inc. (DE)
New York | KURW | New York | US |
Events:
2/4/43: Keel laid.
7/17/43: Launched.
12/05/43: Completed conversion to a transport (2,108 troops) by builders for operation by the WSA.
1946: U.S. Maritime Commission
1949: Sold to Luckenbach Steamship Co., renamed GEORGE LUCKENBACH.
1960: Sold to States Marine Lines, renamed BUCKEYE STATE.
| Disposition Date | Comments |
| 1973 | Sold to Yung Tai Steel & Iron Works Ltd, having arrived Kaohsiung 8/10/73, who began work 9/5/73. Scrapped 9/73 Kaohsiung. |
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