SS Pierre L'Enfant
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SS Pierre L'Enfant was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Pierre L'Enfant, a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C., known today as the L'Enfant Plan.
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United States | |
Name | Pierre L'Enfant |
Namesake | Pierre L'Enfant |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Polarus Steamship Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1001 |
Awarded | 30 January 1942 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost | $1,002,961[2] |
Yard number | 2151 |
Way number | 11 |
Laid down | 17 May 1943 |
Launched | 11 June 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. O. M. White |
Completed | 28 June 1943 |
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Fate | Sold for commercial use, 27 November 1946 |
Panama | |
Name | Atlantic Wave |
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Fate | Sold, 1961 |
Yugoslavia | |
Name | Miljet |
Owner | Atlanska Plovidba Dubrovnik |
Operator | Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp. |
Fate | Sold, 1965 |
Yugoslavia | |
Name | Kolasin |
Owner | Prekookeanska Plovidba, Bar. |
Operator | Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp. |
Fate | Grounded near Tuapse, 27 January 1970 |
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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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