| Gross Tonnage: | 7,808 | Net: | 4,619 |
| Dimensions: | 492.0 x 69.7 x 29.4 7/8 | MC Type: | C3-S-A1 |
| Builder: | Western Pipe & Steel Co.
San Francisco, CA | Hull #
USMC Hull #
Date of Build:
Delivered: | 79
267
1943
2/13/43 |
| Engines: | 2 Steam Turbines DR Geared to Single Screwed Shaft | Engine Builder: | General Electric Co.
Lynn, MA |
| Navigation: | DF, ESD, GC, RDR | Decks, etc.: | 2 Decks & Shelter Deck |
| Began SM Service: | 1955 | Ended SM Service: | 1970 |
----------------------------------- Vessel History ----------------------------------- |
Date | Vessel
# | Vessel
Name | Vessel
Owner | Call Ltrs | Home
Port | Flag |
1943 | 242765 | Sea Pike | US War Shipping Administration | KFGH | New York | USWB |
1945 | 242765 | Mormacwave | US War Shipping Administration | KFGH | New York | USWB |
1946 | 242765 | Mormacwave | Moore-McCormack Lines
New York | KFGH | New York | US |
1955 | 242765 | Lone Star State | States Marine Corp.
New York | KFGH | New York | US |
1960 | 242765 | Lone Star State | States Marine Lines, Inc. (DE)
New York | KFGH | New York | US |
Events:
3/9/42: Keel laid.
6/28/42: Launched, sponsored by Mrs. John L. Patton.
2/13/43: Delivered to War Shipping Administration for operation by Moore-McCormick Lines. Vessel departed San Francisco on her first trip to the Pacific as a C-3 freighter. On return to San Francisco she underwent conversion to a troop carrier.
7/43: Completed conversion to a transport with 2,109 troops and 235,170 cubic feet of cargo space at San Francisco for operation by the WSA.
3/43 - 5/45: Repeated voyages to the Southwest and Western Pacific transporting troops and cargo to Honolulu, Noumea, Australia, the Phillipines and Eniwetok.
6/45: Departed San Francisco for Le Havre and in service between French ports and New York until December 1945.
11/9/45: Renamed MORMACWAVE, but continued under WSA control, making one more trip to Marseilles and one trip to Japan and the Phillipines before being released from troop carrying service.
2/46: Released.
1946: Sold to Moore-McCormick Lines.
1955: Sold to States Marine Corp., renamed LONE STAR STATE.
| Disposition Date | Comments |
| 1970 | Sold to Taiwan Shipbreakers, arriving Kaohsiung 4/4/70. Scrapped 4/70 Kaohsiung. |
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