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SS Louis BambergerUnited States
NameLouis Bamberger
NamesakeLouis Bamberger
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorWeyerhaeuser Steamship Company
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2508
Awarded23 April 1943
BuilderSt. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2]
Cost$961,486[1]
Yard number72
Way number6
Laid down28 October 1944
Launched29 November 1944
Sponsored byMrs. George H. Barber
Completed8 December 1944
Identification
  • Call sign: ANBS
  • [1]
FateSold for commercial use, 31 October 1947
SS Louis BambergerUnited States
NameHorace Irvine
OwnerWeyerhaeuser Steamship Company
FateSold, 1968
SS Louis BambergerPanama
NameReliance Amity
OwnerReliance Carriers, SA
OperatorHongkong Maritime Co.
FateScrapped, 1971
General characteristics [3]
Class and type
  • Liberty ship
  • type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage
  • 10,865 LT DWT
  • 7,176 GRT
Displacement
  • 3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light)
  • 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 1 × screw propeller
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement
  • 38–62 USMM
  • 21–40 USNAG
Armament
  • Varied by ship
  • Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,
  • 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

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.

  1. ^ a b MARCOM.
  2. ^ St. John's River SBC 2010.
  3. ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.

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