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SS George E. Waldo
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Name: George E. Waldo
Namesake: George E. Waldo
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Shepard Steamship Corp.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2501
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $982,429[2]
Yard number: 65
Way number: 5
Laid down: 18 September 1944
Launched: 23 October 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. Ruby M. Waggener
Completed: 31 October 1944
Identification:
Status: Sold for commercial use, 4 September 1946
Career (United States) Flag of the United States
Name:
  • George E. Waldo (1947)
  • Hawaiian Forester (1947-1955)
Owner: Matson Navigation Co
Fate: Sold, 1955
Career (United States) Flag of the United States
Name: C.R. Musser
Owner: Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co.
Fate: Sold, 1969
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Name: Reliance Serenity
Owner: Reliance Carriers SA
Operator: Hong Kong Maritime Co.
Status: Sold, 1970
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Name: LSCO Bulktrain
Owner: Luzon Stevedoring Corp.
Fate: Scrapped, 1974

SS George E. Waldo was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after George E. Waldo, a US Representative from New York.

Construction[]

George E. Waldo was laid down on 18 September 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2501, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Ruby M. Waggener, the mother of the southern states winner of a newspaper contest for news boys selling war bonds and stamps, and was launched on 23 October 1944.[1][2]

History[]

She was allocated to the Shepard Steamship Corp., on 31 October 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 4 September 1946, to Matson Navigation Co., for $577,464.50.[3]

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