A.B. HAMMOND
A C1 type Liberty ship delivered in February 1944 by the California Shipbuilding Corporation at Terminal Island, Los Angeles with the engine builder being Joshua Henry Ironworks, Sunnyvale, California.
By 1948 she was trading under the name Mario 11 before she was renamed Ensenada and painted as shown in the photograph. Her name was changed to Cestos in 1959 and in 1961 to Nicolaos Tsavliris. It was as this ship that on 25th January 1963 she ran aground in heavy seas at Kilyos, Turkey. She was re-floated but considered uneconomical to repair and was scrapped during 1963 at Kilyos Beach, Turkey
Photograph belongs to Stuart Smith.
Photograph unknown.
