Samaritan (1943)

Later Names
Vandalia (1947)
Sideris (1954)
   
Note:
Laid down as Granville Stuart for War Shipping Administration.


Builder:
California Shipbuilding Corp.
Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1943
Launched:
July 11, 1943
Type:
Freighter (Liberty)
Completed:
July 1943
Fate:
Scrapped at Salvamentos y Demoliciones Naval S.A., Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain in 1971.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (as built)
Length:
441' 6" (OA)
Engines:
1 triple expansion (a)
Beam:
56' 10"
Boilers:
2 (oil fired)
Draft:
37' 9"
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
7,219
HP:
2,500 HP
DWT:
10,856
Speed:
11 knots
   
Notes
(a):
Built by Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale, California.


Owner
As built:
War Shipping Administration
Washington, D.C.
1943:
Leased to HM Government
Ministry of War Transport
London, England
(Cunard White Star Ltd. Managers)
1947:
Cunard White Star Ltd.
Liverpool, England
1949:
Cunard Steamship Company Ltd.
Liverpool, England
1954:
Marine Transport Company S.A.
Monrovia, Liberia
1968:
Transmarine Carriers Corp.
Monrovia, Liberia


Masters (information not available)


Ship's History (information not available)



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