SS Samoland

Not to be confused with SS Samland.

SS Samoland was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was transferred to the British Ministry of War Transportation (MoWT) upon completion.

SS Katingo on 11 December 1955
History
United States
Name	Samoland
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2359
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost	$1,028,195[1]
Yard number	144
Way number	4
Laid down	10 April 1944
Launched	20 May 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. H.B. Jones
Completed	9 June 1944
Fate	Transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport upon completion.
United Kingdom
Name	Samoland
Operator	E.R. Management Co.
Acquired	26 May 1944
Renamed	Sea Triumph, 1947 Asuncion De Larrinaga, 1948 Katingo, 1951 Virginia G, 1955 Kapetaissa, 1960 National Strength, 1964 Good Eddie, 1967
Identification	Call Signal: GSWL [1]
Fate	Sold to merchant service Scrapped, 1968
General characteristics [2]
Class & 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 Filer and Stowell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 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-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

Construction

Samoland was laid down on 10 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2359, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. H.B. Jones, daughter-in-law of James Addison Jones, and launched on 20 May 1944.^[3][1]

History

She was allocated to E.R. Management Co., on 9 June 1944. On 30 April 1947, she was sold to the Dover Navigation Co., for commercial use. She was wrecked in 1955, and declared a constructive total loss (CTL), but rebuilt. She was again wrecked in 1968, and scrapped the same year.^[4][5]