Histoire
This freighter (liberty dry cargo ec2-s-c1 type) was built in 1944 by Bethlehem-Fairfield Ship Building Corp. in Baltimore, MD.
Notes historiques
In January 1949 this vessel was hit by a huge rogue wave. Two crew members were killed, crushed against the superstructure.
In 1962 this vessel was laid up at San Francisco CA USA, In 1963 this vessel was broken up at Richmond CA USA.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1944 she was owned by the United States War Shipping Administration, Washington DC (managed by Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Norfolk, VA).
In 1955 she was owned by Bethlehem Steel Corp. (managed by Calmar Steam Ship Corp, NY).
In 1962 she was owned by the United States Maritime Commission, Washington DC USA.
Lieux nommés
Vincent Francis Harrington (May 16, 1903 – November 29, 1943) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa. Harrington was commissioned in the United States Army Air Forces after the Pearl Harbor attack, resigned from Congress when President Franklin D. Roosevelt disallowed members of Congress from serving in the military at the same time, and died of natural causes while on active duty in England.
Références
Don Marshall (1984) Oregon Shipwrecks
