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 & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245long 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	11.5knots (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	38–62USMM 21–40USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikonanti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 ×37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SSDonald W. Bain was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterDonald W. Bain, astate Treasurer of North Carolina.

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

She was allocated to theNorton Lilly Management Corp., on 17 June 1944. On 31 January 1947, she was sold to theCosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc. She was resold to theDolphin Steamship Corp., 23 February 1949, and renamedLilica. She was wrecked on 25 December 1951, offCivitavecchia, and declared aconstructive total loss (CTL) but rebuilt. She was again sold on 29 July 1952, to the Italian shipping companySociete Di Navigazione Tito Campanella, where she was renamedElisa Camanella, and converted to a motor ship in 1955. She was scrapped in 1969.^[4][5]

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