SS Louis Bamberger was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Louis Bamberger, a businessman and philanthropist, noted for co-founding, with his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Name | Louis Bamberger |
Namesake | Louis Bamberger |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2508 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $961,486[1] |
Yard number | 72 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 28 October 1944 |
Launched | 29 November 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George H. Barber |
Completed | 8 December 1944 |
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Fate | Sold for commercial use, 31 October 1947 |
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Name | Horace Irvine |
Owner | Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company |
Fate | Sold, 1968 |
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Name | Reliance Amity |
Owner | Reliance Carriers, SA |
Operator | Hongkong Maritime Co. |
Fate | Scrapped, 1971 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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Construction
editLouis Bamberger was laid down on 28 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2508, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. George H. Barber, the wife of a War Shipping Administration (WSA) official, and was launched on 29 November 1944.[2][1]
History
editShe was allocated to the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company, on 31 October 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 31 October 1947, to the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company, she was renamed the SS Horace Irvine, to transport Weyerhaeuser lumber goods.[4]
References
editBibliography
edit- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Louis Bamberger". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- "SS Louis Bamberger". Retrieved 4 February 2020.