SS Edward W. Bok

SS "Edward W. Bok" was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Edward W. Bok, a naval constructor a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies' Home Journal for 30 years (1889-1919) and created Bok Tower Gardens in central Florida.
Construction.
"Edward W. Bok" was laid down on 14 January 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2469, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. H.M. Nornabell, the wife of Major Henry Marshall Nornabell, the director of Bok Tower Gardens, and was launched on 12 March 1944.
History.
She was allocated to the Luckenbach Steamship Co., Ltd., on 27 March 1944. On 18 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for commercial use, 4 January 1947, to Italy, for $544,506. She was removed from the fleet on 16 January 1947. "Edward W. Bok" was renamed "Paolina" and flagged in Italy. She was renamed "Nando" in 1959. In 1960, she was sold and renamed "Kim" and flagged in Panama. In 1965, she was sold and renamed "Sun". She was scrapped in Japan, in 1970.
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