SS Donald W. Bain

History
United States
Name	Donald W. Bain
Namesake	Donald W. Bain
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2360
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost	$1,016,239[1]
Yard number	145
Way number	5
Laid down	17 April 1944
Launched	25 May 1944
Sponsored by	Alice Wilson Broughton
Completed	17 June 1944
Identification	Call Signal: WPGY [1]
Fate	Sold, 31 January 1947
United States
Owner	Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc.
Acquired	31 January 1947
Fate	Sold, 23 February 1949
United States
Name	Lilica
Owner	Dolphin Steamship Corp.
Acquired	23 February 1949
Fate	Wrecked, rebuilt, sold, 29 July 1952
Italy
Name	Elisa Camanella
Owner	Societe Di Navigazione Tito Campanella
Acquired	29 July 1952
Fate	Scrapped, 1969
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Donald W. Bain was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Donald W. Bain, a state Treasurer of North Carolina.

Construction

Donald W. Bain was laid down on 17 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2360, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Alice Willson Broughton, wife of J. Melville Broughton the Governor of North Carolina and a grandniece of the ship's eponym, and launched on 25 May 1944.^[3][1]

History

She was allocated to the Norton Lilly Management Corp., on 17 June 1944. On 31 January 1947, she was sold to the Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc. She was resold to the Dolphin Steamship Corp., 23 February 1949, and renamed Lilica. She was wrecked on 25 December 1951, off Civitavecchia, and declared a constructive total loss (CTL) but rebuilt. She was again sold on 29 July 1952, to the Italian shipping company Societe Di Navigazione Tito Campanella, where she was renamed Elisa Camanella, and converted to a motor ship in 1955. She was scrapped in 1969. ^[4][5]

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