SS Negley D. Cochran | |
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Career (United States) | |
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) | |
Name: | Negley D. Cochran |
Owner: | States Marine Corp. |
Fate: | Sold, 12 August 1947 |
Career (Panama) | ![]() |
Name: | Global Trader |
Owner: | Global Transport, Ltd. |
Fate: | Sold, 1947 |
Career (Norway) | |
Name: | Surna |
Owner: | Skibs A/S |
Operator: |
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Status: | Sold, 1959 |
Career (Liberia) | ![]() |
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°WCoordinates: 11°30′S 37°15′W / 11.5°S 37.25°W.[3][4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/stjohnsriver.htm.
- Maritime Administration. "Negley D. Cochran". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/9947.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "SS Negley D. Cochran". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Negley%20D.Cochran&code=B2492a.
- "Negley D. Cochran USS (1944~1947) Maringa SS (+1969)". 3 November 2014. https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?219580.
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