| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co |
| Yard number | 373 |
| Completed | October 1943 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
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| Tonnage | |
| Length | 439 ft 0 in (133.81 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft 2 in (19.25 m) |
| Depth | 27 ft 5 in (8.36 m) |
| Installed power | 1,100 nhp |
| Propulsion | Two steam turbines, double reduction geared driving a single screw propeller |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
Guiding Star was a 7,248 GRT troopship that was built in 1939 as the Type C2 cargo ship Nightingale by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Newport News, Virginia, United States for Grace Lines Inc, New York. In 1941, she was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Egret. In 1942, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) and renamed Nightingale. She was returned to Grace Lines later that year and renamed Santa Isabel. In 1943, she was converted to a troopship. She was transferred to the USMC in 1946 and renamed Guiding Star, serving until she was scrapped in 1973.