SS Harald Torsvik
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Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2502 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $955,581[1] |
Yard number | 66 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 25 September 1944 |
Launched | 28 October 1944 |
Completed | 6 November 1944 |
Fate | Transferred to Norway under Lend-Lease, 6 November 1944 |
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Name | Harald Torsvik |
Owner | Norway |
Fate | Sold, 1946 |
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Name | Grey County |
Owner | Klaus Wiese Hansen |
Fate | Sold, 1951 |
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Name | Aegean Sailor |
Owner | Cia Nav del Egero |
Operator | Lemos & Pateras |
Refit | Converted to M/V, 1960 |
Fate | Sold, 1960 |
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Name | Kyramorouko |
Owner | Marafecto Cia Nav |
Fate | Sold, 1964 |
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Name | Spalmatori |
Owner | Spalmatori Cia Nav |
Fate | Sold, 1966 |
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Name | Anastassios |
Owner | Astro-Mareante Nav |
Fate | Sold, 1967 |
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Name | Stymfalos |
Owner | Stymfalos SA |
Fate | Scrapped, 1968 |
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Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Harald Torsvik was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was first named after Henry B. Plant, an American businessman, entrepreneur, investor involved with many transportation interests and projects, mostly railroads, in the southeastern United States. She was transferred to Norway after launching and renamed Harald Torsvik after Harald Torsvik, a Norwegian lawyer that aided refugees fleeing to England during World War II, he was captured by the Nazis and executed.
Construction
[edit]Henry B. Plant was laid down on 25 September 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2502, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 28 October 1944.[2][1]
History
[edit]She was transferred to Norway, under the Lend-Lease program, on 6 November 1944, and renamed Harald Torsvik. She was sold for commercial use, 10 October 1946, to Klaus Wiese Hansen, for $574,830.27, and renamed Grey County.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b MARCOM.
- ^ a b St. John's River SBC 2010.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ MARAD.
Bibliography
[edit]- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Harald Torsvik". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- "SS Henry B. Plant". Retrieved 31 January 2020.