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SS Noah Brown
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Name: Noah Brown
Namesake: Noah Brown
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Seas Shipping Co., Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2481
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,192,596[2]
Yard number: 45
Way number: 3
Laid down: 28 April 1944
Launched: 8 June 1944
Completed: 28 June 1944
Identification:
Status: Sold for commercial use, 8 October 1947
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Name:
  • Noah Brown (1947-1949)
  • Henry Stevenson (1949-1955)
Owner: Bulk Carriers Corp.
Fate: Sold, 24 December 1954
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Name: Aldershot
Owner: Aldershot Steamship Corp.
Operator: Ocean Freighting & Brokerage Corp.
Fate: Sold, May 1960
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Name: Karolina
Owner: Regina Steamship Corp.
Operator: Ocean Freighting & Brokerage Corp.
Status: Sold, 31 October 1963
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Name: Vrontados Pioneer
Owner: Adriatic Maritime Co.
Operator: Pacific Steamship Agency
Fate: Sold, 1966

SS Noah Brown was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Noah Brown, an American shipbuilder, based in New York City, founded a company, along with his brother Adam, which was active between 1804 and 1833. They built several notable vessels, including Robert Fulton's Demologos, the first steam-powered warship, and numerous naval vessels on Lake Erie and Lake Champlain, during the War of 1812.

Construction[]

Noah Brown was laid down on 28 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2481, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 8 June 1944.[1][2]

History[]

She was allocated to the Seas Shipping Co., Inc., on 28 June 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 8 October 1947, to Bulk Carriers Corp.. After several name and owner changes she was scrapped in Spain, in 1969.[3]

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