SS Pierre L'Enfant

History
United States
Name	Pierre L'Enfant
Namesake	Pierre L'Enfant
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Polarus Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1001
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,002,961
Yard number	2151
Way number	11
Laid down	17 May 1943
Launched	11 June 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. O. M. White
Completed	28 June 1943
Identification	Call sign: KHLY
Fate	Sold for commercial use, 27 November 1946
Panama
Name	Atlantic Wave
Owner	Atlantic Maritime Co. (1946—1953) Atlantic Freighters, Ltd. (1953—1961)
Operator	Boyd, Weir & Sewell (1946—1952) Maritime Brokers, Inc. (1952—1953) Livanos Ltd. (1953—1961)
Fate	Sold, 1961
Yugoslavia
Name	Miljet
Owner	Atlanska Plovidba Dubrovnik
Operator	Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp.
Fate	Sold, 1965
Yugoslavia
Name	Kolasin
Owner	Prekookeanska Plovidba, Bar.
Operator	Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp.
Fate	Grounded near Tuapse, 27 January 1970
General characteristics
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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 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 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

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.

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.

Bibliography

• "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
• Maritime Administration. "Pierre L'Enfant". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
• "SS Pierre L'Enfant". Retrieved 17 March 2020.