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S.S. Curaca


Gross Tonnage:3,280Net:1,997
Dimensions:324.0 x 46.2 x 25.0MC Type:USSB EFC Design #1038
Builder:Mobile S.B. Co.
Mobile, AL
Hull #
USMC Hull #
Date of Build:
Delivered:
14

1920
1920
Engines:T.3 Cy. 22", 37 1/2" & 60' - 42'Engine Builder:Ellicott Machine Corp.
Baltimore, MD
Navigation:DFDecks, etc.:1 Deck, Fitted for Oil Fuel

Began SM Service:1945Ended SM Service:1947

----------------------------------- Vessel History -----------------------------------
Date
Vessel
#
Vessel
Name
Vessel
Owner
Call Ltrs
Home
Port
Flag
1920
220489
Atlanta of TexasU.S. Shipping Board
MBGW
MobileUS
1929
220489
Nosa QueenNew Orleans & South American Steamship Co.
New Orleans
Subsidiary of W.R. Grace
New York
MBGW
New OrleansUS
1945
220489
CuracaStates Marine Corp.
New York
KDCN
New YorkUS
1947
 
EidsbuSkibs A/S Eid (Rederi-A/S Torvald Klaveness, Mgrs)
Oslo, Norway
LMXE
OsloNorweigan
1950
195
NicaMatteo Scuderi
Catania, Sicily
ICAX
CataniaItalian

Events:
1920: U.S. Shipping Board
1929: Sold to New Orleans & South American Steamship Co., a subsidiary of W.R. Grace, renamed NOSA QUEEN.
1945: Sold to States Marine Corp., renamed CURACA.
1947: Sold to Skibs A/S Eid of Norway, renamed EIDSBU.
1950: Sold to Matteo Scuderi of Sicily, renamed NICA.

Disposition DateComments
19574/18: On voyage Pnom-Penh to Rangoon in ballast, abandoned on fire in the Bay of Bengal 200 miles south of Rangoon, following an explosion and fire.

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