M/S California Express

Call sign: LFDP
Class: DNV1A1 med fribord
Shipping company: Sigurd Herlofson & Co, Oslo
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Oslo
Enlistment district: Oslo

Shipyard

Name: Gøtaverken Mek. Verk., Gøteborg, Sverige
Build year: 1934
Yard number: 477
Month of delivery: Januar

Other

Participant in WW2
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 3.649
Net tonnage:: 2.219

Engine

Propulsion:: Gøtaverken
Engine size:: Bhk 4200 Nhk 641

Dimensions

Length:: 338.40'
Beam:: 47.20'
Draft:: 27.10'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
Per Kalstø Bygnes	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	5/17/1944	Gøteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige	10/31/1945
Asbjørn Nicolai Eide	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	5/17/1944	New York, NY, USA	10/28/1944
Aage Kristian Andersen	Norway	3. Maskinist	New York, NY, USA	5/16/1944	Manchester, England	6/2/1944
Jens Fintland	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	5/16/1944	Manchester, England	6/2/1944
Robert C. Beaumont	Great Britain	3. Telegrafist	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	4/27/1944	Manchester, England	6/2/1944
John Roan	Great Britain	Salonggutt	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	4/23/1944	New York, NY, USA	4/9/1945
Royel Kent Jørgensen	Norway	Motormann	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	4/6/1944	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	3/15/1945
Stanley Pemberton	Great Britain	Messegutt	Manchester, England	3/15/1944	Manchester, England	6/6/1944
Finn Eisman Jørgensen	Norway	Matros	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	3/14/1944	Unknown	5/7/1945
Leslie Morris	Great Britain	ukjent	New York, NY, USA	2/25/1944	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	3/16/1944
Reuben Jelfs	Great Britain	ukjent	New York, NY, USA	2/24/1944	New York, NY, USA	5/28/1945
Hsing Chan	China	Messegutt	New York, NY, USA	2/22/1944	Unknown	Unknown
Mikael Parly Rustad	Norway	Matros	New York, NY, USA	2/21/1944	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	5/7/1945
Peder Jørgensen	Norway	2. Styrmann	New York, NY, USA	1/25/1944	Oslo	8/28/1946
Hjalmar M. Johnsen	Norway	Matros	St. John	1/13/1944	Gøteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige	12/5/1945
Arvid Jonassen	Norway	1. Telegrafist / Sekretær	New York, NY, USA	1/10/1944	Charleston	7/25/1946
Stanley Siegfried Emanuels	Suriname	Maskingutt	New York, NY, USA	1/3/1944	New York, NY, USA	2/23/1944
Anders Frithjof Knutsen	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	12/15/1943	New York, NY, USA	5/31/1944
Gunnar P. M. Rodin	Sweden	Kokk	New York, NY, USA	12/15/1943	New York, NY, USA	2/21/1944
Barry McCormick	Great Britain	Messegutt til Lettmatros	New York, NY, USA	12/8/1943	New York, NY, USA	12/31/1943
Osvald Anton Stange	Norway	Motormann	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	11/4/1943	Bordeaux, Gironde, Frankrike	5/16/1946
Kåre Oliver Øen	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	10/13/1943	Unknown	11/3/1943
Hans H. Hermansen	Norway	Væpningsoffiser	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	9/20/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/11/1943
Anker Kristiansen	Norway	ukjent	Alliert havn	9/20/1943	Unknown	10/11/1943
Anker Kristiansen	Norway	Væpningsoffiser	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	9/20/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/11/1943