Hurricane
1947
(Solent Model Ships SOM-24e)
- Type: C2-S-B1 general cargo
- Displacement: 6,214 tons
- Dimensions: 459 x 63 x 25 ft.
- Machinery: Two steam turbines, single screw 6,000 shp = 16 knots
- Passengers: 12
- Crew: 43
- Builder: Moore Drydock Co, Oakland, California, 1944
- Service: US Maritime Commission #1195; yard hull #282, delivered 31 Nov 1944. Built as Hurricane a type C2-S-B1 for the Maritime Commission. Sold 1947 to Waterman Steamship Corp along with 5 sisters. Travelled from US Gulf ports to Northern Europe. Sold 1966 and renamed Amerigo. Sold again in 1971 and renamed Ruthlena. Scrapped in Taiwan 1972.
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