Contessa was a refrigerated cargo and passenger ship of 5,512 GRT built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow for Vaccaro Brothers & Company launched 18 February 1930. The ship, along with sister ship , served ports in the United States (New York and New Orleans), Cuba, and Central America specifically La Ceiba, Honduras which is still a port for the fruit trade. The ship became part of the Standard Fruit Company, a company established by Vaccaro Brothers, and operated as a cargo passenger vessel until taken over at New Orleans by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 29 May 1942 with Standard Fruit Company remaining as the WSA operating agent. The ship was later bareboat sub chartered to the United States War Department 14 July 1943 and operated in the Army's Southwest Pacific Area local fl
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| - El SS Contessa era un buque refrigerado de carga y pasajeros de 5.512 TRB construido por Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow para Vaccaro Brothers & Company, botado el 18 de febrero de 1930. El barco junto con el barco hermano Cefalu, sirvió puertos en Estados Unidos, Nueva York y Nueva Orleans y puertos en Cuba, Centroamérica y específicamente La Ceiba, Honduras que sigue siendo un puerto para el comercio de frutas. El barco pasó a formar parte de Standard Fruit Company, una empresa establecida por Vaccaro Brothers, y operó como un buque de carga de pasajeros hasta que fue absorbido en Nueva Orleans por el War Shipping Administration (WSA) el 29 de mayo de 1942, permaneciendo Standard Fruit Company como agente operativo de la WSA. El barco fue sub fletado a casco desnudo al Departamento de G (es)
- Contessa was a refrigerated cargo and passenger ship of 5,512 GRT built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow for Vaccaro Brothers & Company launched 18 February 1930. The ship, along with sister ship , served ports in the United States (New York and New Orleans), Cuba, and Central America specifically La Ceiba, Honduras which is still a port for the fruit trade. The ship became part of the Standard Fruit Company, a company established by Vaccaro Brothers, and operated as a cargo passenger vessel until taken over at New Orleans by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 29 May 1942 with Standard Fruit Company remaining as the WSA operating agent. The ship was later bareboat sub chartered to the United States War Department 14 July 1943 and operated in the Army's Southwest Pacific Area local fl (en)
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| - Contessa Entellina, Sicily, birthplace of Vaccaro brothers (en)
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| - Refrigeration by Haslam & Newton, Ltd., cooling of cargo space delivering of chilled air per hour. (en)
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| - El SS Contessa era un buque refrigerado de carga y pasajeros de 5.512 TRB construido por Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow para Vaccaro Brothers & Company, botado el 18 de febrero de 1930. El barco junto con el barco hermano Cefalu, sirvió puertos en Estados Unidos, Nueva York y Nueva Orleans y puertos en Cuba, Centroamérica y específicamente La Ceiba, Honduras que sigue siendo un puerto para el comercio de frutas. El barco pasó a formar parte de Standard Fruit Company, una empresa establecida por Vaccaro Brothers, y operó como un buque de carga de pasajeros hasta que fue absorbido en Nueva Orleans por el War Shipping Administration (WSA) el 29 de mayo de 1942, permaneciendo Standard Fruit Company como agente operativo de la WSA. El barco fue sub fletado a casco desnudo al Departamento de Guerra de los Estados Unidos el 14 de julio de 1943 y operó en la flota local del Área del Pacífico Sudoeste del Ejército bajo el número de flota local X-96 desde el 18 de septiembre de 1943 hasta 1945 como un barco de tropas. El barco fue devuelto a WSA con Standard Fruit nuevamente como su agente el 28 de mayo de 1946 en Brooklyn hasta que regresó a la compañía para operaciones comerciales en Nueva Orleans el 20 de agosto de 1947. (es)
- Contessa was a refrigerated cargo and passenger ship of 5,512 GRT built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow for Vaccaro Brothers & Company launched 18 February 1930. The ship, along with sister ship , served ports in the United States (New York and New Orleans), Cuba, and Central America specifically La Ceiba, Honduras which is still a port for the fruit trade. The ship became part of the Standard Fruit Company, a company established by Vaccaro Brothers, and operated as a cargo passenger vessel until taken over at New Orleans by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 29 May 1942 with Standard Fruit Company remaining as the WSA operating agent. The ship was later bareboat sub chartered to the United States War Department 14 July 1943 and operated in the Army's Southwest Pacific Area local fleet under the local fleet number X-96 from 18 September 1943 into 1945 as a troop ship. The ship was returned to WSA with Standard Fruit again its agent on 28 May 1946 in Brooklyn until returned to the company for commercial operation at New Orleans on 20 August 1947. (en)
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