SS Pierre L'Enfant

History
United States
Name	Pierre L'Enfant
Namesake	Pierre L'Enfant
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 1001
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[2]
Cost	$1,002,961[1]
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 [1]
Status	Sold for commercial use, 27 November 1946
Panama
Name	Atlantic Wave
Owner	(1946—1953) (1953—1961)
Operator	(1946—1952) (1952—1953) (1953—1961)
Status	Sold, 1961
Yugoslavia
Name	Miljet
Owner
Operator
Status	Sold, 1965
Yugoslavia
Name	Kolasin
Owner
Operator	Anglo-Yugoslav Shipping Corp.
Fate	Grounded near Tuapse, 27 January 1970
Status	Declared Total Loss
General characteristics [3]
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.^[2][1]

History[]

She was allocated to , on 28 June 1943. On 27 November 1946, she was sold for commercial use to , 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.^[4]

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