Gross Tonnage: | 3,280 | Net: | 1,997 |
Dimensions: | 324.0 x 46.2 x 25.0 | MC 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: | DF | Decks, etc.: | 1 Deck, Fitted for Oil Fuel |
Began SM Service: | 1945 | Ended SM Service: | 1947 |
----------------------------------- Vessel History ----------------------------------- |
Date | Vessel
# | Vessel
Name | Vessel
Owner | Call Ltrs | Home
Port | Flag |
1920 | 220489 | Atlanta of Texas | U.S. Shipping Board | MBGW | Mobile | US |
1929 | 220489 | Nosa Queen | New Orleans & South American Steamship Co.
New Orleans
Subsidiary of W.R. Grace
New York | MBGW | New Orleans | US |
1945 | 220489 | Curaca | States Marine Corp.
New York | KDCN | New York | US |
1947 | | Eidsbu | Skibs A/S Eid (Rederi-A/S Torvald Klaveness, Mgrs)
Oslo, Norway | LMXE | Oslo | Norweigan |
1950 | 195 | Nica | Matteo Scuderi
Catania, Sicily | ICAX | Catania | Italian |
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 Date | Comments |
1957 | 4/18: 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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