S.S. Kota Baroe
1944
(Noordzee NZ-82)
- Type: Transport
- Displacement: 7,307 tons
- Dimensions: 449 x 61 x 30.5 ft.
- Machinery: Sulzer diesel, B.H.P. 5,200, single screw = 14 knots
- Armament: 1-4in, 3-3in AA, 8-20mm AA
- Troops: 1855
- Builder: Maatschappij "De Schelde", Flushing, The Netherlands, 1929
- Service: Built for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd Line (Dutch flag).
Rotterdam-East Indies service. Taken over by U.S. War Shipping Administration and converted to transport at Baltimore, 1942. Multiple sailings from San Francisco to Honolulu, Guadalcanal, New Guniea, Brisbane, Guam, Manila etc. Returned to Dutch government at Richmond, CA in 1946, and to owners in 1948. Scrapped at Hong Kong, 1957.
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