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 🠗₁	Date	Harbour	Date
Aage Kristian Andersen	Norway	3. Maskinist	New York	5/16/1944	Manchester	6/2/1944
Jens Fintland	Norway	Motormann	New York	5/16/1944	Manchester	6/2/1944
Leslie Morris	Great Britain	ukjent	New York	2/25/1944	Liverpool	3/16/1944
Reuben Jelfs	Great Britain	ukjent	New York	2/24/1944	New York	5/28/1945
Hsing Chan	China	Messegutt	New York	2/22/1944	Unknown	Unknown
Mikael Parly Rustad	Norway	Matros	New York	2/21/1944	Liverpool	5/7/1945
Peder Jørgensen	Norway	2. Styrmann	New York	1/25/1944	Oslo	8/28/1946
Arvid Jonassen	Norway	1. Telegrafist / Sekretær	New York	1/10/1944	Charleston	7/25/1946
Stanley Siegfried Emanuels	Suriname	Maskingutt	New York	1/3/1944	New York	2/23/1944
Anders Frithjof Knutsen	Norway	Motormann	New York	12/15/1943	New York	5/31/1944
Gunnar P. M. Rodin	Sweden	Kokk	New York	12/15/1943	New York	2/21/1944
Barry McCormick	Great Britain	Messegutt til Lettmatros	New York	12/8/1943	New York	12/31/1943
Kåre Oliver Øen	Norway	Motormann	New York	10/13/1943	Unknown	11/3/1943
Eilert Johan Johannessen Fluør	Norway	Telegrafist	New York	8/30/1943	Manchester	9/16/1943
Wilfred Seed	Canada	Messemann	New York	8/27/1943	New York	10/29/1943
Arnold Astrup	Norway	Matros	New York	8/26/1943	New York	10/21/1944
Kristoffer Eldre Kristensen	Norway	Matros	New York	8/26/1943	New York	9/9/1944
Hans Samuelsen	Norway	Frysemaskinist	New York	8/24/1943	Glasgow	4/28/1944
Birger Adolf Westrum	Norway	Matros	New York	8/24/1943	Ellesmere Port	3/12/1944
Torstein Birkenes	Norway	Motormann	New York	8/23/1943	New York	11/26/1943
Reidar Garder Olsen	Norway	1. Maskinist	New York	3/24/1943	New York	4/23/1945
Nils Bjørsvik	Norway	Motormann	New York	2/20/1943	New York	5/1943
Per Gottfred Endresen	Norway	Væpningsoffiser	New York	2/16/1943	Manchester	3/11/1943
Martin Marthinsen	Norway	ukjent	New York	2/16/1943	Manchester	3/4/1943
Walter Gabriel Olsen (Wisback)	Norway	2. Styrmann	New York	2/16/1943	Halifax	3/4/1943