"Groote Beer" redirects here. For the botter yacht, see Groote Beer (botter yacht).
Groote Beer in New Zealand, c. 1950s
History
United States
Name
Costa Rica Victory
Namesake
Republic of Costa Rica
Builder
Permanente No. 1 yard, Richmond, California
Laid down
22 March 1944
Launched
17 June 1944
Completed
21 August 1944
Fate
Sold to the Netherlands, 1947
Netherlands
Name
Groote Beer
Operator
Dutch Government
Holland America Line
Acquired
19 February 1947
Renamed
Marianna IV
Fate
Sold to John Spyridon Latsis, later Scrapped in 1971
Notes
Rebuilt as emigrant passenger ship
General characteristics (as constructed)[1]
Type
Victory ship
Tonnage
7,200 GRT
4,300 NRT
10,600 long tons (10,770 t) deadweight[2]
Displacement
15,200 long tons (15,444 t) (at 28-foot draft)[2]
Length
455 ft (139 m)[2]
Beam
62 ft (19 m)[2]
Draft
28 ft (8.5 m)[2]
Depth of hold
38 ft (12 m)[2]
Speed
17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Groote Beer, originally the Victory ship Costa Rica Victory, was laid down on 22 March 1944, at the Permanente No. 1 yard at Richmond, California, and launched on 17 June 1944.[3]
GrooteBeer, originally the Victory ship Costa Rica Victory, was laid down on 22 March 1944, at the Permanente No. 1 yard at Richmond, California, and...
1931. SSGrooteBeer, 1951–63 — Launched in 1944, scrapped in 1971. SS Grootendijk, 1923 — Sold in 1931, sunk in 1941. Sister of Gaasterdijk. SS Leerdam...
Netherlands Government also purchased the SS Costa Rica Victory, renaming it the SSGrooteBeer, and the SS La Grande Victory (nl), renaming it the Waterman...
ashore by the Nieuwe Maas and the Nieuwe Waterweg to wave two ships, the SSGrooteBeer and the Waterman goodbye. The ships transported thousands of Feijenoord...
summer of 1955, they were booked at the last minute to play on the SSGrooteBeer , travelling from Hoboken, New Jersey to Rotterdam, Netherlands. Once...
became superintendent of the newly acquired government ships SSGrooteBeer, SS Waterman and SS Zuiderkruis, overseeing their conversion from US Victory class...
ashore by the Nieuwe Maas and the Nieuwe Waterweg to wave two ships, de GrooteBeer and the Waterman goodbye. The ships transported thousands of Feijenoord...
aboard the Pera and Arnhem. The Arnhem crossed the Gulf to reach and name Groote Eylandt. 1623 First white child in Australia was Born. Seebaer van Nieuwelant...
O". Retrieved 23 February 2014. "New Bern Victory MV (1945~1947) Isabena SS [+1972]". Retrieved 23 February 2014. "The Black American in the Merchant...
3 January 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2023. Meese, D. A.; Gow, A. J.; Grootes, P.; Stuiver, M.; Mayewski, P. A.; Zielinski, G. A.; Ram, M.; Taylor, K...
spearheaded by Heinrich Himmler and the SS. In the struggle for total control over German minds and bodies, the SS developed an anti-religious agenda. No...
then the oblique would be used. Example: em grooten Hus, but: en daut groote Hus, en een grootet Hus. There is no predicate form for the superlative...
for a donation, one of the customers scornfully spat beer into Hofbauer's face. Wiping off the beer, he responded, "That was for me. Now what do you have...
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