General Data: USMC Design: USMC Hullnumber: Name of Ship:
EC2-S-C1 MCE-2474 August Belmont
Official Number or Navy Hull Call Signal: Flag: Homeport:
245.507 KWWQ US Jacksonville, Florida
Yard Number Building Way or Basin: Name of Building- or Conversion Yard:
38 2 St.John's River SB Co.,Jacksonville,Fl
Contract and Price Data: Type of Contract: Contract Price: Final Price: Difference between CP and FP:
$0,00  CP $1.000.000,00 $1.109.608,00  +10.96%
USMC Contract Number: Contract Date: Contract Delivery Date: Named
MCc-16555 04-23-43 04-05-44
Building Data: Laiddown/Start of Conversion: Launched: Delivered / Cancelled Sponsor:

03-01-44 12:00AM

04-20-44 12:00AM

04-30-44 12:00AM

Mrs.W.H.Slappey (sister of Max and Kenneth Merrill, president and vice president St.John's River SB)
Days on Way: Days on Dock: Days Total:
50 Days  10 Days  60 Days 
Owner: Operator:

South Atlantic Steamship Lines Inc.

Comment:
Trials successfully completed in the Atlantic Ocean on 04-29-44; allocated to South Atlantic Steamship Lines Inc.dated 03-27-44 under service agreement form GAA (General Agent Agreement) WSA Contract 180 dated 07-15-41, executed 04-30-44 at Jacksonville,Fl;
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