SS Musa

History
Panama, Honduras
NameSS Musa
Owner
  • Balboa Shipping Co. (1930– )
  • Empressa Hondurena de Vapores (by 1964)
Operator United Fruit Company
Port of registry
  • (1930– )
  • (by 1964)
BuilderWorkman, Clark and Company, Belfast
Completed1930
Identification
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 5,833 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 5,016
  • 2,974 NRT
Length416.4 ft (126.9 m)
Beam56.3 ft (17.2 m)
Depth30.9 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h)
Sensors &
processing systems
echo sounding device
Notessister ship: SS Platano

SS Musa was a refrigerated banana boat of the United Fruit Company. She was built in 1930 and still in service in 1945.