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S.S. Evergreen State #2


Gross Tonnage:7,959Net:4,656
Dimensions:492.0 x 69.7 x 29.5MC Type:C3-S-A2
Builder:Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.
Pascagoula, MS
Hull #
USMC Hull #
Date of Build:
Delivered:
336
431
1943
11/9/43
Engines:2 Steam Turbines DR Geared to Single Screwed ShaftEngine Builder:Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Pittsburgh, PA
Navigation:DF, ESD, GC, RDR, RTDecks, etc.:2 Decks & Open Shelter Deck

Began SM Service:1960Ended SM Service:1962

----------------------------------- Vessel History -----------------------------------
Date
Vessel
#
Vessel
Name
Vessel
Owner
Call Ltrs
Home
Port
Flag
1943
APA 47
USS LamarUS Navy
 
 US
1946
 
USS LamarUS Maritime Commission
 
 US
1949
257827
J. L. LuckenbachLuckenbach Steamship Co.
New York & Philadelphia, PA
KAEO
New YorkUS
1960
257827
Evergreen StateStates Marine Lines, Inc. (DE)
New York
KAEO
New YorkUS
1962
257827
Evergreen StateGlobal Bulk Transport Co.
New York
KAEO
New YorkUS

Events:
4/7/43: Keel laid.
8/28/43: Launched.
11/9/43: Taken over by US Navy for completion as a transport (AP 92) but completed as an attack transport (APA 47).
1946: U.S. Maritime Commission
1949: Sold to Luckenbach Steamship Co., renamed J.L. LUCKENBACH.
1960: Sold to States Marine Lines, renamed EVERGREEN STATE.
1962: Sold to Global Bulk Transport Co.

Disposition DateComments
1971Sold to Taiwan Shipbreakers, arriving Kaohsiung prior to 5/11/71, having left Saigon 5/6/71. Scrapped 5/71 Kaohsiung.


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