SS Exochorda
SS Exochorda, a 473-foot, 14,500-ton cargo liner in service with American Export Lines from 1948 to 1959. A member of the line's post-war quartet of ships, "4 Aces", Exochorda sailed regularly from New York on a Mediterranean route. Originally built in 1944 as the military attack transport USS Dauphin (APA-97), the ship was extensively refurbished prior to her service as a passenger-cargo liner. Following her service as a cruise liner, the vessel served as the floating dormitory ship SS Stevens for the students of Stevens Institute of Technology, a technological university, in Hoboken, NJ. At the end of her service life she was scrapped, in 1979.
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SS Exochorda
SS Exochorda, a 473-foot, 14,500-ton cargo liner in service with American Export Lines from 1948 to 1959. A member of the line's post-war quartet of ships, "4 Aces", Exochorda sailed regularly from New York on a Mediterranean route. Originally built in 1944 as the military attack transport USS Dauphin (APA-97), the ship was extensively refurbished prior to her service as a passenger-cargo liner. Following her service as a cruise liner, the vessel served as the floating dormitory ship SS Stevens for the students of Stevens Institute of Technology, a technological university, in Hoboken, NJ. At the end of her service life she was scrapped, in 1979.
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SS Exochorda, a 473-foot, 14,5 ...... ife she was scrapped, in 1979.
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1943-12-02
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2.01168e+1
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1944-06-10
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Sold for scrap 1975 (as Stevens). Scrapped inChester, PA,Kearny, NJ,Raritan Bayport, 1979
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Ship builder
Bethlehem Steel, Sparrow Point Shipyard, Sparrow Point, MD
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Ship country
United States
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Ship fate
Sold for scrap 1975 . Scrapped in Chester, PA, Kearny, NJ, Raritan Bay port, 1979
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Ship honors
One Battle star, Navy Occupation Service Medal
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Ship in service
November 1948
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Ship laid down
1943-12-02
Ship launched
1944-06-10
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SS Exochorda
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Ship namesake
SS Exochorda of the pre-war "4 Aces"
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Ship notes
Maritime Commission hull no. 4419 while under construction, later MC hull no. 1675
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Ship propulsion
Geared turbine engines, single screw, 8,000 hp
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Ship renamed
Exochorda ,
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Ship sponsor
Mary B. Cooke
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Ship type
Hull type C3-S-A3
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