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S.S. Bayou State


Gross Tonnage:8,162Net:4,804
Dimensions:459.1 x 63.2 x 28.7MC Type:C2-S-AJ3
Builder:North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
Wilmington, NC
Hull #
USMC Hull #
Date of Build:
Delivered:
140
1395
1944
9/44
Engines:2 Steam Turbines DR Geared to Single Screwed ShaftEngine Builder:General Electric Co.
Lynn, MA
Navigation:DF, ESD, GC, PFD, RDRDecks, etc.:3 Decks, Electrically Welded

Began SM Service:1960Ended SM Service:1970

----------------------------------- Vessel History -----------------------------------
Date
Vessel
#
Vessel
Name
Vessel
Owner
Call Ltrs
Home
Port
Flag
1944
AKA 84
USS WaukeshaUS Navy
 
 US
1946
 
USS WaukeshaUS Maritime Commission
 
 US
1947
254012
Mary LuckenbachLuckenbach Steamship Co.
New York & Philadelphia, PA
WEXK
New YorkUS
1960
254012
Bayou StateStates Marine Lines, Inc. (DE)
New York
WEXK
New YorkUS

Events:
9/44: Completed for the US Navy as an attack cargo ship (AKA 84).
1946: U.S. Maritime Commission
1947: Sold to Luckenbach Steamship Co., renamed MARY LUCKENBACH.
8/25/50: Sustained severe damage to bows after colliding with US Hospital Ship BENEVOLENCE (C4, Sun SB #349); repaired.
1960: Sold to States Marine Lines, renamed BAYOU STATE.

Disposition DateComments
1970Sold to Taiwan Shipbreakers, arriving Kaohsiung 9/29/70. Scrapped 10/70 Kaohsiung.


Photo courtesy of Capt. Tom Ellsworth © 2004 - All rights reserved.




As the U.S.S. Waukesha



Photo courtesy of Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus © 2011 - All rights reserved.


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