SS Harald Torsvik
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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.
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United States | |
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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[1] |
Cost | $955,581[2] |
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 |
Norway | |
Name | Harald Torsvik |
Owner | Norway |
Fate | Sold, 1946 |
Norway | |
Name | Grey County |
Owner | Klaus Wiese Hansen |
Fate | Sold, 1951 |
Panama | |
Name | Aegean Sailor |
Owner | Cia Nav del Egero |
Operator | Lemos & Pateras |
Refit | Converted to M/V, 1960 |
Fate | Sold, 1960 |
Greece | |
Name | Kyramorouko |
Owner | Marafecto Cia Nav |
Fate | Sold, 1964 |
Greece | |
Name | Spalmatori |
Owner | Spalmatori Cia Nav |
Fate | Sold, 1966 |
Greece | |
Name | Anastassios |
Owner | Astro-Mareante Nav |
Fate | Sold, 1967 |
Greece | |
Name | Stymfalos |
Owner | Stymfalos SA |
Fate | Scrapped, 1968 |
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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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