Name NUEVA ESPERANZA Length 134 m | Laid down 25 June 1943 Launched 17 July 1943 | |
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Operator Army Transportation Service Operator Cia. Farallon de Nav. SA. (Dow & Symmers, NY) | ||
The SS Richmond P. Hobson (Hull # 1994) was an American World War II Liberty ship built by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina.
History
1943 WSA (Isbrandtsen Co, NY)
1947 NUEVA ESPERANZA, Cia.Faralon de Nav. (Dow & Symmers, NY) Panamanian flag.
1953 (Boyd, Weir & Sewell, NY)
1954 (Fafalios Ltd, London)
1961 TREBISNJICA, Jugoslavenska Slobodna Plovidba, Polce.- Yugoslav flag.
Shipwrecked July 17, 1963 on Hogsty Reef, Southern Bahamas. Total Loss.
References
SS Richmond P. Hobson Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA