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SS Pierre L'Enfant

Liberty ship of WWII

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country	United States
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name	Pierre L'Enfant
namesake	Pierre L'Enfant
owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
operator	Polarus Steamship Co., Inc.
awarded	30 January 1942
ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1001
builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
original_cost	$1,002,961
yard_number	2151
way_number	11
laid_down	17 May 1943
launched	11 June 1943
completed	28 June 1943
sponsor	Mrs. O. M. White
identification	*Call sign: KHLY
fate	Sold for commercial use, 27 November 1946
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country	Panama
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name	Atlantic Wave
owner	* Atlantic Maritime Co. (1946—1953)
operator	* Boyd, Weir & Sewell (1946—1952)
fate	Sold, 1961
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country	Yugoslavia
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name	Miljet
owner	Atlanska Plovidba Dubrovnik
operator	Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp.
fate	Sold, 1965
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country	Yugoslavia
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name	Kolasin
owner	Prekookeanska Plovidba, Bar.
operator	Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp.
fate	Grounded near Tuapse, 27 January 1970
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Atlantic Freighters, Ltd. (1953—1961)
Maritime Brokers, Inc. (1952—1953)
Livanos Ltd. (1953—1961)

'*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.

Construction

Pierre L'Enfant* was laid down on 17 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 1001, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. O. M. White, the wife of a yard employee, and was launched on 11 June 1943.

History

She was allocated to Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., on 28 June 1943. On 27 November 1946, she was sold for commercial use to Atlantic Maritime Co., for $544,506. After several owner and name changes, sailing as Kolasin, she was grounded near Tuapse, on the Black Sea, and declared a Total Loss.

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