SS Guiding Star
Guiding Star was a 7,248 GRT troopship that was built in 1939 as the Type C2 cargo ship Nightingale by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Newport News, Virginia, United States for Grace Lines Inc, New York. In 1941, she was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Egret. In 1942, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) and renamed Nightingale. She was returned to Grace Lines later that year and renamed Santa Isabel. In 1943, she was converted to a troopship. She was transferred to the USMC in 1946 and renamed Guiding Star, serving until she was scrapped in 1973.
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SS Guiding Star
Guiding Star was a 7,248 GRT troopship that was built in 1939 as the Type C2 cargo ship Nightingale by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Newport News, Virginia, United States for Grace Lines Inc, New York. In 1941, she was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Egret. In 1942, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) and renamed Nightingale. She was returned to Grace Lines later that year and renamed Santa Isabel. In 1943, she was converted to a troopship. She was transferred to the USMC in 1946 and renamed Guiding Star, serving until she was scrapped in 1973.
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Guiding Star was a 7,248 GRT t ...... ntil she was scrapped in 1973.
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1.338072e+2
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1.92024e+1
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Ship builder
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
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Ship class
*Type C2 cargo ship
*Troopship
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Ship completed
October 1943
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Ship fate
Scrapped
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Ship identification
*USMC Hull Number 26
*United S ...... GNRN
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*Code Letters WCRH
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Ship name
*Nightingale
*Empire Egret
*Nightingale
*Santa Isabel
*Guiding Star
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Ship operator
*Grace Lines Inc
*Ministry of ...... ted States Maritime Commission
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Ship owner
*Grace Lines Inc
*Ministry of ...... ted States Maritime Commission
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Ship propulsion
Two steam turbines, double reduction geared driving a single screw propeller
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Ship registry
* Norfolk, VA, United States
* London, United Kingdom
* Baltimore, MD
* United States
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*8,656 DWT
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Guiding Star was a 7,248 GRT t ...... ntil she was scrapped in 1973.
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SS Guiding Star
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*Empire Egret (1941–42)
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*Guiding Star (1946–73)
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*Nightingale (1939–41)
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*Nightingale (1942)
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*Santa Isabel (1942–46)
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