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SS Negley D. Cochran
Career (United States) US flag 48 stars
Name: Negley D. Cochran
Namesake: Negley D. Cochran
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Smith & Johnson Co.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2492
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,065,039[2]
Yard number: 56
Way number: 2
Laid down: 19 July 1944
Launched: 29 August 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. Abraham Hurwitz
Completed: 10 September 1944
Identification:
Status: Sold for commercial use, 6 February 1947
Career (United States) Flag of the United States
Name: Negley D. Cochran
Owner: States Marine Corp.
Fate: Sold, 12 August 1947
Career (Panama) Flag of Panama
Name: Global Trader
Owner: Global Transport, Ltd.
Fate: Sold, 1947
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Name: Surna
Owner: Skibs A/S
Operator:
  • Gorrissen & Co. (1947-1958)
  • Torvald Klaveness Rederi A/S (1958-1959)
Status: Sold, 1959
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Name: Maringa
Owner: Namdal Shipping & Trading Co.
Operator: Carl Aune & Cia
Fate: Sold, 1960

SS Negley D. Cochran was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Negley D. Cochran, an American newspaper editor and owner of The Toledo Bee newspaper.

Construction[]

Negley D. Cochran was laid down on 19 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2492, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Abraham Hurwitz, the wife of the editor of the Jacksonville Journal, and was launched on 29 August 1944.[1][2]

History[]

She was allocated to the Smith & Johnson Co., on 10 September 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 6 February 1946, to States Marine Corp., for $558,923.86. After several owner and name changes, on 16 June 1969, named Maringa, she sank off of Brazil at 11°30′S 37°15′W / 11.5°S 37.25°W / -11.5; -37.25Coordinates: 11°30′S 37°15′W / 11.5°S 37.25°W / -11.5; -37.25.[3][4]

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