M/S Balla
- Other names
- ex Gresham, ex Margretian
- Call sign
- LJOY
- Shipping company
- Nationality
Norway- Home port
- Enlistment district
Shipyard
- Name
- Build year
- 1923
- Yard number
- 148
- Month of delivery
- november
Other
- Participant in WW2
- Civilian ship
Tonnage
- Gross tonnage:
- 2.565
- Net tonnage:
- 1.502
- Deadweight:
- 4.740
Engine
- Propulsion:
- Engine size:
- NHK 370
Dimensions
- Length:
- 297.8'
- Beam:
- 43.9'
- Draft:
- 21.5'
Seafarer Nationality Position Signed on Signed off Harbour Date Harbour Date NorwayKaptein Om bord pr. 7/1/1940 Unknown 6/14/1941 NorwayNew Orleans 9/10/1941 Philadelphia 1/14/1942 Norwayukjent Havana 6/5/1944 New York 6/17/1944 NorwayNew York 8/8/1944 Baltimore 9/15/1944 NorwayPhiladelphia 4/10/1942 Philadelphia 11/30/1942 NorwayNew Orleans 8/27/1945 New Orleans 9/30/1945 
South AfricaSalonggutt New York 5/27/1944 Baltimore 9/11/1944 
Great BritainNew York 3/15/1945 New York 3/27/1945 NorwayNew York 1/5/1945 Om bord pr. 9/30/1945 
FinlandKokk New York 12/1/1943 New York 2/10/1944 
ChinaNew York 5/27/1944 New York 8/7/1944 ChinaHjelpegutt New York 2/14/1944 New York 3/31/1944 NorwayOm bord pr. 7/1/1940 Unknown 9/25/1940 NorwayFarsund 10/30/1939 New York 5/25/1940 Norwayukjent Unknown 9/28/1940 Unknown 10/27/1941 Norway2. Styrmann / 1. Styrmann Farsund 8/3/1937 Boston, Massachusetts 5/16/1944 Norwayukjent New Orleans 7/11/1945 Unknown Unknown NorwayNew York 11/1/1940 Unknown 8/31/1941 NorwayBaltimore 9/13/1944 Boston, Massachusetts 10/16/1944 
SwedenNew Orleans 10/29/1941 Unknown 1/21/1942 ChinaNew York 5/24/1944 New York 8/7/1944 Norwayukjent Unknown 5/1940 Unknown 5/1940 NorwayNew York 8/23/1943 Unknown Unknown NorwayMiddlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England 8/6/1937 Unknown 1/31/1942 
CanadaHjelpegutt New York 8/7/1944 Boston, Massachusetts 10/14/1944