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	Date
Helge Wilhelm Bjørnstad	Norway	Matros	Unknown	1940	Unknown	3/25/1941
Allan Roy Vendel Hansen	Sweden	Matros	San Pedro, California, USA	12/12/1940	New York	8/8/1942
Aksel Kristoffer Enger	Norway	Matros	Halifax	4/9/1940	Glasgow	7/23/1940
Ivar Niemann	Norway	Matros	Oslo	9/24/1936	Oslo	5/18/1937
Stanley Siegfried Emanuels	Suriname	Maskingutt	New York	1/3/1944	New York	2/23/1944
Hans Holm	Norway	Maskingutt	Unknown	8/1/1940	Unknown	2/17/1941
Knut Brekke	Norway	Maskinassistent	Liverpool	11/17/1944	Antwerpen	7/21/1945
Magnus Leonard Bredsten	Norway	Maskinassistent	Arendal	10/30/1939	Bordeaux	5/16/1946
Knut Wilhelm Johansson	Sweden	Lugargutt	New York	8/6/1942	Unknown	9/10/1942
Stanley Johnson	USA	Lugargutt	San Pedro, California, USA	3/6/1942	New York	5/26/1942
Manuel Pinto	Portugal	Lettmatros / Matros	Cardiff, Wales, UK	6/9/1943	New York	2/21/1944
Ingolf Magne Iversen	Norway	Lettmatros / Matros	Liverpool	5/11/1942	Barrow on Humber	11/17/1942
Alexander Muir	Canada	Lettmatros	Halifax	4/3/1943	Glasgow	8/6/1943
Kåre Øystein Johansen	Norway	Lettmatros	Liverpool	5/13/1942	Manchester	11/7/1942
Thorleif Jørgensen	Norway	Lettmatros	San Francisco	3/4/1942	New York	8/4/1942
Torleif Gjersvik	Norway	Lettmatros	Seattle	4/29/1941	New York	4/16/1942
Olav Sigurd Myklebost	Norway	Lettmatros	Rotterdam	7/18/1939	San Francisco	2/18/1941
John Frithjof Hegg	Norway	Lettmatros	Rotterdam	7/17/1939	Unknown	10/10/1939
Anders Martin Thomassen	Norway	Lettmatros	Liverpool	5/8/1935	Moss	9/3/1936
Ivar Niemann	Norway	Lettmatros	Liverpool	12/19/1934	Moss	9/3/1936
Erling Georg Meland	Norway	Kokk	New York	5/28/1945	Unknown	5/16/1946
Gunnar P. M. Rodin	Sweden	Kokk	New York	12/15/1943	New York	2/21/1944
Lauritz Korneliussen	Norway	Kokk	Manchester	11/3/1942	Bordeaux	5/16/1946
Reidar Mathias Frantzen	Norway	Kokk	Liverpool	9/25/1942	Gourock	2/6/1944
Paul Harry Torjussen	Norway	Kokk	New York	4/14/1942	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	1/22/1943