History
United States
Name	Edward W. Bok
Namesake	Edward W. Bok
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Luckenbach Steamship Co., Ltd.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull,MC hull 2469
Awarded	23 April 1943
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company,Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost	$1,228,217[2]
Yard number	33
Way number	3
Laid down	14 January 1944
Launched	12 March 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. H.M. Nornabell
Completed	27 March 1944
Identification	Call sign: KWKD [2]
Fate	Laid up in the,National Defense Reserve Fleet,Wilmington, North Carolina, 19 August 1946 Sold for commercial use, 4 January 1947, removed from fleet, 16 January 1947
Italy
Name	Paolina
Owner	Imprese Nav. Commerciale
Fate	Sold, 1959
Italy
Name	Nando
Owner	Navigazione San Giorgio
Fate	Sold, 1960
Panama
Name	Kim
Owner	General Navigation, SA
Operator	Agemar, SA
Fate	Sold, 1965
Panama
Name	Sun
Owner	Sun Navigation Co
Operator	L. Ottaviani
Fate	Scrapped, 1970
General characteristics[3]
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

SSEdward W. Bok was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterEdward W. Bok, anaval constructor, Dutch-born American editor andPulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of theLadies' Home Journal for 30 years (1889-1919) and createdBok Tower Gardens in centralFlorida.

SS Edward W. Bok was laid down on 14 January 1944, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2469, by theSt. Johns River Shipbuilding Company,Jacksonville, Florida. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. H.M. Nornabell, the wife of Major Henry Marshall Nornabell, the director ofBok Tower Gardens, and was launched on 12 March 1944.^[1][2]

She was allocated to theLuckenbach Steamship Company, on 27 March 1944. On 18 May 1946, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet,Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for commercial use, 4 January 1947, toItaly, for $544,506. She was removed from the fleet on 16 January 1947.Edward W. Bok was renamedPaolina and flagged in Italy. She was renamedNando in 1959. In 1960, she was sold and renamedKim and flagged inPanama. In 1965, she was sold and renamedSun. She was scrapped in Japan, in 1970.^[4]

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