Manager: Nortraship
Tonnage: 7176 gt

Built as Thomas F. Bayard by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, MD (2139), launched on May 24-1943, delivered May 31. One of 10 (11?) ships added to Nortraship's register in 1943, on bareboat charter from the United States War Shipping Administration. Edvard Grieg was taken over in Baltimore on the day of delivery, May 31. See my page "Ship Statistics and Misc." under "Gains 1943" for a list of the others.

Captein: Jørgen Jacobsen.

Misc. Voyages:

(More will be added).

A few days after delivery in Baltimore, she travelled to New York, with arrival June 4-1943. Later that month, she joined Convoy NG 368 (with Fernglen and Kirsten B), departing New York on June 16, arriving Guantanamo on the 22nd, proceeding that same day in Convoy GAT 70 (again with Fernglen in company, as well as B. P. Newton), and arrived Trinidad on June 29. At the beginning of the following month she served as Commodore ship for Convoy TJ 1, in which B. P. Newton was sunk (Fernglen and Litiopa are also listed); follow the link to B. P. Newton for details on this sinking. TJ 1 had left Trinidad on July 3-1943 and arrived Rio de Janeiro, Edvard Grieg's destination at the time, on the 24th - all these convoys are available via the external links provided at the end of this page.

She subsequently travelled, without convoy, to Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Valparaiso, and Cristobal, before returning to the U.S. at the end of Sept.-1943. Please follow the instructions provided at the external link below for info on her further voyages throughout the war. As will be seen, she made several more voyages to Trinidad, Rio, Santos, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires, with visits to the U.S. in between.

In the fall of 1945, she got to go home to Norway, arriving Bergen (from Pernambuco) on Aug. 1-1945.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1946 to the Norwegian Government for Andreas Stray, Farsund, then to A/S Sobral (Øivind Lorentzen, Oslo) in 1950. To Socony Vacuum Oil Co. in 1951, converted at Kiel to liquified gas tanker in 1952 and came under the Panamanian flag (owned by Brilliant Transport Co., Panama, also, Øivind Lorentzen Inc., Oslo & New York), 7468 gt, then Liberian flag in 1952 under the name Ultragas Sao Paulo (L.P.G. Carriers Inc, New York). Renamed Mundogas Sao Paulo in 1961 and back to Norwegian flag for A/S Gasskib (Øivind Lorentzen). Converted at Santos to floating store from Febr. 27-1969 for use as permanent, non-propelled storage tank depot. From 1970 - Mundogas Storage Inc.

Related external link:
Liberty Ships - Alphabetical list. Thomas F. Bayard can be found on the T list.

Misc Convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Edvard Greig" as keywords (name is spelt differently), several convoys that are not mentioned in my text will come up. Here are NG 368, GAT 70, and TJ 1, all mentioned above.