Hi, I am looking for information on the ship the SS African Star, and wonder if you know anything about her? I know that she sailed to South Africa in 1948, and thats about all I know. If you can help with any details whatsoever, please contact me. Many thanks Maureen Firmani

Maureen, AFRICAN STAR 7,971 gross tons, 469ft x 69.6ft, speed 16 knots, accommodation for 12 passengers, built 1946 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Kearney, NJ for American South African Line, New York. On 18th Mar.1968 she suffered extensive damage on voyage New Orleans to Auckland when she collided with the tug MIDWEST CITIES in the Mississippi. The AFRICAN STAR was beached at Diamond, La. and was refloated on 22nd Mar.and towed to New Orleans and then to Galveston to discharge her cargo. Repaired at Tampa and resumed service until 1973 when she was renamed STAR and was scrapped at Taiwan the same year. regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" <maur.f@absamail.co.za> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:38 PM Subject: [TSL] SS African Star > Hi, I am looking for information on the ship the SS African Star, and > wonder if you know anything about her? > I know that she sailed to South Africa in 1948, and thats about all I > know. If you can help with any details whatsoever, please contact me. > Many thanks > Maureen Firmani > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > > >