M/S California Express

Call sign: LFDP
Class: DNV1A1 med fribord
Shipping company: Sigurd Herlofson & Co, Oslo
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Oslo
Enlistment district: Oslo

Shipyard

Name: Gøtaverken Mek. Verk., Gøteborg, Sverige
Build year: 1934
Yard number: 477
Month of delivery: Januar

Other

Participant in WW2
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 3.649
Net tonnage:: 2.219

Engine

Propulsion:: Gøtaverken
Engine size:: Bhk 4200 Nhk 641

Dimensions

Length:: 338.40'
Beam:: 47.20'
Draft:: 27.10'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour 🠗₁	Date
John Roan	Great Britain	Salonggutt	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	4/23/1944	New York, NY, USA	4/9/1945
Reuben Jelfs	Great Britain	ukjent	New York, NY, USA	2/24/1944	New York, NY, USA	5/28/1945
Stanley Siegfried Emanuels	Suriname	Maskingutt	New York, NY, USA	1/3/1944	New York, NY, USA	2/23/1944
Anders Frithjof Knutsen	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	12/15/1943	New York, NY, USA	5/31/1944
Gunnar P. M. Rodin	Sweden	Kokk	New York, NY, USA	12/15/1943	New York, NY, USA	2/21/1944
Barry McCormick	Great Britain	Messegutt til Lettmatros	New York, NY, USA	12/8/1943	New York, NY, USA	12/31/1943
Hans H. Hermansen	Norway	Væpningsoffiser	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	9/20/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/11/1943
Anker Kristiansen	Norway	Væpningsoffiser	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	9/20/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/11/1943
Bjarne Margide Overrein	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Salford	9/20/1943	New York, NY, USA	4/9/1945
Adolf Berg Ramstad	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Manchester, England	9/20/1943	New York, NY, USA	8/9/1944
Wilfred Seed	Canada	Messemann	New York, NY, USA	8/27/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/29/1943
Arnold Astrup	Norway	Matros	New York, NY, USA	8/26/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/21/1944
Kristoffer Eldre Kristensen	Norway	Matros	New York, NY, USA	8/26/1943	New York, NY, USA	9/9/1944
Torstein Birkenes	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	8/23/1943	New York, NY, USA	11/26/1943
John Woods	Great Britain	Messegutt	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	8/6/1943	New York, NY, USA	8/28/1943
Sten Andersen Kjølberg	Norway	ukjent	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	8/3/1943	New York, NY, USA	8/26/1943
Jørgen Svenøe Steen	Norway	Motormann	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	8/3/1943	New York, NY, USA	5/15/1944
Forbes MacDonald	Great Britain	3. Telegrafist	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	8/2/1943	New York, NY, USA	4/9/1945
Rolf Egenes	Norway	ukjent	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	7/29/1943	New York, NY, USA	5/19/1944
Torgrim Normann Gulbrandsen	Norway	Motormann	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	7/12/1943	New York, NY, USA	8/26/1943
Ivar Michael Michaelsen	Norway	3. Styrmann	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	7/4/1943	New York, NY, USA	2/26/1944
Manuel Pinto	Portugal	Lettmatros / Matros	Cardiff, Wales, UK	6/9/1943	New York, NY, USA	2/21/1944
Roald Collert Skui	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	4/20/1943	New York, NY, USA	8/24/1943
Paul Runne	Norway	Matros	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	4/3/1943	New York, NY, USA	8/26/1943
Andreas Andersen Myhre	Norway	Motormann	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	4/2/1943	New York, NY, USA	9/12/1943