SS Edward W. Bok

SS Edward W. Bok was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Edward W. Bok, a naval constructor a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies' Home Journal for 30 years (1889-1919) and created Bok Tower Gardens in central Florida.

History
United States
Name: Edward W. Bok
Namesake: Edward W. Bok
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Luckenbach Steamship Co., Ltd.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2469
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,228,217[2]
Yard number: 33
Way number: 3
Laid down: 14 January 1944
Launched: 12 March 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. H.M. Nornabell
Completed: 27 March 1944
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 19 August 1946
Status: Sold for commercial use, 4 January 1947, removed from fleet, 16 January 1947
Italy
Name: Paolina
Owner: Imprese Nav. Commerciale
Fate: Sold, 1959
Italy
Name: Nando
Owner: Navigazione San Giorgio
Fate: Sold, 1960
Panama
Name: Kim
Owner: General Navigation, SA
Operator: Agemar, SA
Fate: Sold, 1965
Panama
Name: Sun
Owner: Sun Navigation Co
Operator: L. Ottaviani
Fate: Scrapped, 1970
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
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:
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:
Armament:

Construction

Edward W. Bok was laid down on 14 January 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2469, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. H.M. Nornabell, the wife of Major Henry Marshall Nornabell, the director of Bok Tower Gardens, and was launched on 12 March 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the Luckenbach Steamship Co., Ltd., on 27 March 1944. On 18 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for commercial use, 4 January 1947, to Italy, for $544,506. She was removed from the fleet on 16 January 1947. Edward W. Bok was renamed Paolina and flagged in Italy. She was renamed Nando in 1959. In 1960, she was sold and renamed Kim and flagged in Panama. In 1965, she was sold and renamed Sun. She was scrapped in Japan, in 1970.[4]

References
  1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Edward W. Bok". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 20 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Edward W. Bok". Retrieved 20 January 2020.


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