SS ''Charles W. Stiles'' was a

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built in the

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during

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. She was named after Charles W. Stiles, a

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and zoologist at the Bureau of Animal Industry in the

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(1891–1902), who was later chief zoologist at the Hygienic Laboratory of the US Public Health and Marine Hospital Service (1902–1931).

Construction

''Charles W. Stiles'' was laid down on 9 September 1944, under a

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(MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2380, by

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, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. P.O. Murphy, and launched on 18 October 1944.

History

She was allocated to Seas Shipping Co. Inc., on 31 October 1944. On 28 February 1947, she was sold for $562,260.11 to Global Transport Ltd., for commercial use. She was reflagged for

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, and renamed ''Bygdin''.

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