SS Louis Bamberger

History
United States
Name:	Louis Bamberger
Namesake:	Louis Bamberger
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2508
Awarded:	23 April 1943
Builder:	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost:	$961,486[2]
Yard number:	72
Way number:	6
Laid down:	28 October 1944
Launched:	29 November 1944
Sponsored by:	Mrs. George H. Barber
Completed:	8 December 1944
Identification:	Call sign: ANBS; [2];
Status:	Sold for commercial use, 31 October 1947
United States
Name:	Horace Irvine
Owner:	Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co.
Fate:	Sold, 1968
Panama
Name:	Reliance Amity
Owner:	Reliance Carriers, SA
Operator:	Hongkong Maritime Co.
Fate:	Scrapped, 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;
Beam:	57 feet (17 m)
Draft:	27 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;
Speed:	11.5 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.

Construction

Louis Bamberger was laid down on 28 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2508, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. George H. Barber, the wife of a War Shipping Administration (WSA) official, and was launched on 29 November 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co., on 31 October 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 31 October 1947, to Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co..[4]

Bibliography

"St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
Maritime Administration. "Louis Bamberger". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 4 February 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
"SS Louis Bamberger". Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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[FOOTNOTESt._John's_River_SBC2010-1] St. John's River SBC 2010.

[FOOTNOTEMARCOM-2] MARCOM.

[FOOTNOTEDavies200423-3] Davies 2004, p. 23.

[FOOTNOTEMARAD-4] MARAD.