United States Official Number 230064 (1939-41, 1942-73)
United Kingdom Official Number 168168 (1941-42)
Code Letters WCDH (1939-42)
Code Letters GNRN (1941-42)
Code Letters WCRH (1942-46)
Fate
Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type
Type C2 cargo ship (1939-43)
Troopship (1943-73)
Tonnage
7,169 GRT (1939-41)
7,248 GRT (1941-73)
4,328 NRT (1939-41)
4,233 NRT (1941-73)
8,656 DWT (1939-43)
Length
439 ft 0 in (133.81 m)
Beam
63 ft 2 in (19.25 m)
Depth
27 ft 5 in (8.36 m)
Installed power
1,100 nhp
Propulsion
Two steam turbines, double reduction geared driving a single screw propeller
Speed
17 knots (31 km/h)
Guiding Star was a 7,248 GRT troopship that was built in 1939 as the Type C2 cargo ship Nightingale by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Newport News, Virginia, United States for Grace Lines Inc, New York. In 1941, she was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Egret. In 1942, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) and renamed Nightingale. She was returned to Grace Lines later that year and renamed Santa Isabel. In 1943, she was converted to a troopship. She was transferred to the USMC in 1946 and renamed Guiding Star, serving until she was scrapped in 1973.
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