D/S Rufus E. Foster

Call sign
KWAN
Class
EC2-S-C1
Shipping company
Nationality
USA flaggUSA
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1944
Yard number
100
Month of delivery
mars

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
7.176
Net tonnage:
4.380
Deadweight:
10.486

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 339
Speed:
11

Dimensions

Length:
422.8'
Beam:
57.0'
Draft:
34.8'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    LIBERTY SKIP:  Type  EC2-S-C1

    3/1944: United States War Shipping Administration, New Orleans, USA - RUFUS E. FOSTER
    /1946: United States Department of Commerce, New Orleans, USA - RUFUS E. FOSTER
    /1947: Royal Netherlands Government (NV Vereenigde Nederl.Scheeps,Maats) Hague - LEEGHWATER
    /1947: omdøpt - LIEVE VROUWEKERK
    /1950: NV Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Maats, Hague, Holland - LIEVE VROUWEKERK
    1/1960: Grunnstøtte 20/1 i storm på Vlieland på reise Hamburg til Antwerpen i Ballast, Refloat og kondemnert 26/2.
    4/1960: Opphugget 18/4 av Clayton & Davie Ltd., Dunston on Tyne

    Maskineri:
    Triple dampmaskin - 3 cylindere diam. 24 1/2", 37" & 70" - 48".
    Maskineri bygget ved American Ship Building Co. Vleveland, Oh. USA.