Category:Katingo (ship, 1944)

SS Samoland 

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Instance of	liberty ship
Manufacturer	J.A. Jones Construction
Yard number	144
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Ship[edit]

• ID 1180494
• 1944 Built by J.A.Jones Construction Brunswick Ga USA
• Yard number 144
• Ship Type : General Cargo Ship Liberty EC2-S-C1.
• Dim : L x B - 134.6 / 126.8 x 17.3 mtr.
• Tonnage : grt /nrt / tdw - 7.253 / ---- / 10.865.
• Machinery : Steam Engine.
• Main Boiler : 2 x Water Tube Boilers.

History[edit]

• 1944 Named SAMOLAND for British Goverment (British War Administration) London United Kingdom.
• 1947 Sold to Dover Navigation Co Ltd Dover United Kingdom, renamed SEA TRIUMPH.
• 1948 Sold to Larrinaga Steamship Co Ltd Liverpool United Kingdom, renamed ASUNCION DE LARRINAGA.
• 1951 Sold to Compania de Navigation Carnation SA Panama City Panama (Lemos & Pateras, London), renamed KATINGO.
• 1954.12.22 Aground in heavy weather on beach Bergen aan Zee - Dutch coast
• 1955.02.19 Refloated, CTL but repaired
• 1955 Sold to Compania Naviera Virginia SA Puerto Limon Costa Rica, renamed VIRGINIA G.
• 1960 Sold to Kapetanissa Compania Naviera SA Beirut Lebanon, renamed KAPETAISSA.
• 1964 Sold to Cathay Navigation Corporation Ltd Keelung Taiwan, renamed NATIONAL STRENGTH.
• 1967 Sold to Comminication Carriers Inc New York USA, renamed GOOD EDDIE.
• 1968 Broken Up at Keelung Taiwan.