Union Reliance caught fire and then ran aground. Twelve people aboard the Union Reliance were killed in the collision and subsequent fire. Union Reliance was abandoned by her owners. The wreck was removed on 9 November by the United States authorities and towed to Galveston, Texas China Union Lines refused to make payment for this, and filed a Petition for Exoneration from, or Limitation of Liability. The Court ordered that Union Reliance and her cargo be sold to pay off costs incurred by the United States authorities. On 12 January 1962, Union Reliance was sold for US$109,100 for scrap. She was scrapped at New Orleans in March 1962. Propulsion Detailed description: She was powered by four 2,225bhp 7-cylinder two-stroke single-acting diesel engines. These drove a single screw via Westinghouse electro-magnetic slip couplings and Falk single reduction gears. The engines were built by Busch-Sulzer Brothers Diesel Engine Co, St Louis, Missouri with 20½ inches bore and 27 inches stroke (520 mm by 690 mm). They developed a total of each. As HMS Archer, she had a range of at . The propulsion system was used on the four sister ships built by Sun Shipbuilding in 1939: Mormacpenn, Mormacyork, Mormacland and Mormacmail Official Number and code letters Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. Mormacland had the US Official Number 239370 and used the Code Letters WDSH. Empire Lagan had the UK Official Number 180557 and used the Code Letters GNCX References Bibliography External links Photo of MV Mormacland Painting of the sinking of U-752 Long Island-class escort carriers Type C3 ships of the Royal Navy 1939 ships Escort carriers of the Royal Navy World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom Empire ships Ships built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom Merchant ships of Sweden Cargo ships of Greece Merchant ships of Taiwan Maritime incidents in 1961