SS Cokesit information

History
United States
Name	Cokesit (1919–1938) Adelfoi Chandris (1938–1941) Saint Marin (1941–1942) Catania (1942–1943)
Owner	USSB (1919–1936) MARCOM (1936–1938) John D. Chandris (1938–1940) Vichy Government (1940-1942) Italian Government (1942–1943)
Operator	Pacific Steamship Co. (May–June 1919) Barber Line (July 1919–July 1920) Lykes Brothers (December 1921–May 1922) U.S.& A. Lines (June 1922–October 1926) Roosevelt Line (November 1926–May 1927) John D. Chandris (1938–1940) Chargeurs Reunis (April 1940–October 1941) Société Nationale d'Affrêtements (October 1941–October 1942) Regia Marina (November 1942–-March 1943) Regio Esercito (1943)
Ordered	8 January 1918
Builder	Guy M. Standifer Construction Co., Vancouver
Yard number	1
Laid down	3 August 1918
Launched	31 December 1918
Sponsored by	Miss Ruth Standifer
Commissioned	17 May 1919
Maiden voyage	19 May 1919
Homeport	Seattle (1919-1938) Piraeus (1938-1941)
Identification	US Official Number 217776 Call sign LQKN (1919-1933) Call sign KJGF(1934-1938) Call sign SVYF(1938-1943)
Fate	Scuttled, 15 September 1943 Raised and scrapped, 1949
General characteristics
Type	Design 1015 ship
Tonnage	6,176 GRT 4,401 NRT 9,426 DWT[1]
Length	401.4 ft (122.3 m)
Beam	53.2 ft (16.2 m)
Draft	26 ft 6+3⁄4 in (8.096 m) (loaded)
Depth	31.9 ft (9.7 m)
Installed power	359 Nhp, 2,800 ihp
Propulsion	Hooven, Owens & Rentschler 3-cylinder triple expansion
Speed	11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h)

Cokesit was a steam cargo ship built in 1918–1919 by Guy M. Standifer Construction Company of Vancouver for the United States Shipping Board as part of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine. The vessel was largely employed on the East Coast of the United States to Australia route until 1928 when she was laid up. In late 1937 the ship together with several other vessels was bid on and subsequently acquired next year by the Greek tramp operator John D. Chandris to carry cargo from Australia to Greece and United Kingdom. The freighter was also renamed Adelfoi Chandris. Following the surrender of France, the ship was interned in Dakar and passed into Vichy government hands in 1940 and renamed Saint Marin. Under the terms of Nevers Agreement she eventually was transferred to Italy and renamed Catania. In early August 1943 the vessel together with several other ships was bombed and damaged in Naples harbor by the Allied aircraft.