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SS Harald Torsvik
Career (United States) US flag 48 stars
Name:
  • Henry B. Plant
  • Harald Torsvik
Namesake:
  • Henry B. Plant
  • Harald Torsvik
  • Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
    Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2502
    Awarded: 23 April 1943
    Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
    Cost: $955,581[2]
    Yard number: 66
    Way number: 6
    Laid down: 25 September 1944
    Launched: 28 October 1944
    Completed: 6 November 1944
    Status: Transferred to Norway under Lend-Lease, 6 November 1944
    Career (Norway) Flag of Norway
    Name: Harald Torsvik
    Owner: Norway
    Fate: Sold, 1946
    Career (Norway) Flag of Norway
    Name: Grey County
    Owner: Klaus Wiese Hansen
    Fate: Sold, 1951
    Career (Panama) Flag of Panama
    Name: Aegean Sailor
    Owner: Cia Nav del Egero
    Operator: Lemos & Pateras
    Refit: Converted to M/V, 1960
    Status: Sold, 1960
    Career (Greece) Flag of Greece
    Name: Kyramorouko
    Owner: Marafecto Cia Nav
    Fate: Sold, 1964

    SS Harald Torsvik was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was first named after Henry B. Plant, an American businessman, entrepreneur, investor involved with many transportation interests and projects, mostly railroads, in the southeastern United States. She was transferred to Norway after launching and renamed Harald Torsvik after Harald Torsvik, a Norwegian lawyer that aided refugees fleeing to England during World War II, he was captured by the Nazis and executed.

    Construction[]

    Henry B. Plant was laid down on 25 September 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2502, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 28 October 1944.[1][2]

    History[]

    She was transferred to Norway, under the Lend-Lease program, on 6 November 1944, and renamed Harald Torsvik. She was sold for commercial use, 10 October 1946, to Klaus Wiese Hansen, for $574,830.27, and renamed Grey County.[3]

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