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Noord Brabant (ID 2535)

Acquired Freighter:
  • Built by the N.V. Boeles Shipbuilding and Machinery Co., Bolnes, Netherlands (YN 112)
  • Compelted for NV Mij ss "Noord-Brabant," Rotterdam as freighter Noord Brabant, December 1916
  • Seized by US Government at New York under "right of anger," 20 March 1918
  • Acquired by the Navy from Shipping Board, 01 April 1918
  • Commissioned, 02 April 1918
  • Decommissioned and returned to the United States Shipping Board without seeing naval service, 22 April 1918
  • Returned to Dutch owners, 1918
  • Registered under Norwegian flag to A/S Baltic, Haugesund, renamed Karen Rogenaes, 1920
  • Wrecked off Point Ferrola in the Strait of Belle Isle, between Labrador and Newfoundland, while on a voyage from Montreal, Canada to Skien, Norway, 01 October 1921
    Specifications:
    Hull Steel
    Displacement 2332 gross tons, 1359 net tons
    Length 294'
    Beam 44' 2"
    Draft 19'
    Speed 9 knots
    Complement 57
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    one vertical triple expansion engine (22"-37"-60" x 39")
    one shaft, 1500hp
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    Commercial Service
    Noord Brabant
    1217253501    		 71k In port, possibly when inspected by the Third Naval District on 27 March 1918. She is wearing Dutch neutrality markings
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 105227    		 Robert Hurst
    Noord Brabant
    1217253502    		 57k Shown here after her sale to Norwegian owners in 1920
    Wreck Site photo from Shipscribe.com    		 Robert Hurst
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