SS Pierre L'Enfant
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{{Short description|Liberty ship of WWII}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}} |Ship name= Pierre L'Enfant |Ship namesake= Pierre L'Enfant |Ship owner = War Shipping Administration (WSA) |Ship operator = Polarus Steamship Co., Inc. |Ship awarded = 30 January 1942 |Ship ordered = as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1001 |Ship builder= Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}} |Ship original cost=$1,002,961{{sfn|MARCOM}} |Ship yard number= 2151 |Ship way number= 11 |Ship laid down= 17 May 1943 |Ship launched= 11 June 1943 |Ship completed= 28 June 1943 |Ship sponsor= Mrs. O. M. White |Ship identification = *Call sign: KHLY
|Ship motto= |Ship fate=Sold for commercial use, 27 November 1946 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Panama |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Panama|civil}} |Ship name= Atlantic Wave |Ship owner =* Atlantic Maritime Co. (1946—1953)
|Ship operator =* Boyd, Weir & Sewell (1946—1952)
|Ship fate=Sold, 1961 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Yugoslavia |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Yugoslavia|civil}} |Ship name= Miljet |Ship owner = Atlanska Plovidba Dubrovnik |Ship operator = Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp. |Ship fate=Sold, 1965 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Yugoslavia |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Yugoslavia|civil}} |Ship name= Kolasin |Ship owner = Prekookeanska Plovidba, Bar. |Ship operator = Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp. |Ship fate= Grounded near Tuapse, 27 January 1970 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = {{sfn|Davies|2004|p=23}} | Ship class ={{Liberty ship class}} | Ship type = | Ship tonnage = {{Liberty ship tonnage}} | Ship displacement = {{Liberty ship displacement}} | Ship length = {{Liberty ship length}} | Ship beam = {{Liberty ship beam}} | Ship draft = {{Liberty ship draft}} | Ship capacity = {{Liberty ship cargo capacity}} | Ship hold depth = | Ship power = {{Liberty ship power}} | Ship propulsion = {{Liberty ship propulsion|8}} | Ship complement = {{Liberty ship complement}} | Ship armament = {{Liberty ship armament}} | Ship speed = {{Liberty ship speed}} | Ship notes = }} |
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.{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}
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.{{sfn|MARAD}}
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- {{cite web
| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethfairfield.htm
| title = Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 14 August 2008
| access-date = 17 March 2020
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}
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- {{cite web
|url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/10304
|title= Pierre L'Enfant
|author= Maritime Administration
|work= Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
|publisher= U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
|access-date= 17 March 2020
|ref= {{sfnref|MARAD}}
}}
- {{cite web
|last= Davies
|first= James
|url= http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf
|title= Specifications (As-Built)
|page=23
|date= May 2004
|access-date= 17 March 2020
}}
- {{cite web
|url= http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Pierre%20L%20Enfant&code=B1001a
|title= SS Pierre L'Enfant
|access-date= 17 March 2020
|ref= {{sfnRef|MARCOM}}
}}
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