SS Bjarne A. Lia

SS Bjarne A. Lia was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Bjarne A. Lia.

History
United States
Name:	Bjarne A. Lia
Namesake:	Bjarne A. Lia
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2332
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost:	$950,315[1]
Yard number:	73
Way number:	6
Laid down:	31 October 1944
Launched:	30 November 1944
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Bjarne A. Lia
Completed:	12 December 1944
Identification:	Call sign: ANBP [1]
Fate:	Sold for commercial use, 24 May 1949
United States
Name:	Frederic C. Collin
Owner:	Drytrans Inc.
Fate:	Sold, 1958
Liberia
Name:	Penn Trader
Owner:	Bulkcargo Shipping Corp.
Operator:	Penn Shipping Co.
Fate:	Sold, 1964
United States
Name:	Hanover
Owner:	Pan American Tankers Corp.
Operator:	George T. Bates & Co.
Fate:	Sold, 1966
Liberia
Name:	Santa Sofia
Owner:	Santa Sofia Cia Armadora, Panama
Fate:	Sold, 1966
Liberia
Name:	Sigalpha
Owner:	Ocean Transport Co.
Operator:	Neris Carbon and Oil Corp.
Fate:	Sold, 1967
Liberia
Name:	Sigalpha
Owner:	Coast Navigation Inc.
Operator:	Hugo Neu Corp
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 1968
General characteristics [2]
Class and 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 & Stowell Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 1 × screw propeller
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m^3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m^3) (bale)
Complement:	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament:	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

Construction

Bjarne A. Lia was laid down on 31 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2332, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Bjarne A. Lia, widow of the namesake, and launched on 30 November 1944.[3][1]

History

She was allocated to the Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., 14 December 1944.[4]

She was sold into commercial service in 1949 and after a series of sales and name changes she was scrapped on 29 June 1968 in Split.[5]

References

1. MARCOM.
2. Davies 2004, p. 23.
3. J.A. Panama City 2010.
4. MARAD.
5. "Bjarne A. Lia (2246934)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
• Maritime Administration. "Bjarne A. Lia". Ship History Database Vessel fate Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 December 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 11 December 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "SS Bjarne A. Lia". Retrieved 11 December 2019.