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S.S. Wolverine


Gross Tonnage:4,990Net:3,051
Dimensions:390.0 x 54.2 x 27.6MC Type:Hog Islander Type A, USSB EFC Design #1022
Builder:American International S.B. Corp.
Hog Island, PA
Hull #
USMC Hull #
Date of Build:
Delivered:
529

1919
1919
Engines:DR Geared Steam TurbineEngine Builder:General Electric Co.
Schenectady, NY
Navigation:Decks, etc.:2 Decks, Web Frames, Fitted for Oil Fuel

Began SM Service:1940Ended SM Service:1947

----------------------------------- Vessel History -----------------------------------
Date
Vessel
#
Vessel
Name
Vessel
Owner
Call Ltrs
Home
Port
Flag
1919
218486
LuxpalileU.S. Shipping Board
Allocated to:
Roosevelt Steamship Co,
A. H. Bull Co., Mallory Transport Line and Export Steamship Co.
LRWK
PhiladelphiaUS
1925
218486
LuxpalileExport Steamship Corp.
New York
LRWK
New YorkUS
1928
218486
ExcelloExport Steamship Corp.
New York
LRWK
New YorkUS
1940
218486
WolverineStates Marine Corp.
New York
KJJP
New YorkUS
1947
30399
Ocean RoverGeneral Shipping Corp.
c/o States Marine Corp.
New York
 
PanamaPanamanian
1949
 
Sadikli 
 
  
1950
 
AtlantikRiza ve Arslan Sadikoglu ve Ortaklari Komandit Sirketi
Istanbul, Turkey
TCSU
IstanbulTurkish

Events:
5/30/19: Launched
1925: Sold to Export Steamship Corp., renamed LUXPALILE.
1928: Renamed EXCELLO.
1940: Sold to States Marine Corp., renamed WOLVERINE.
1947: Sold to General Shipping Corp., renamed OCEAN ROVER.
1949: Owner undocumented, renamed SADIKLI.
1950: Sold to Riza ve Arslan Sadikoglu ve Ortaklari Komandit Sirketi of Turkey, renamed ATLANTIK.

Disposition DateComments
1953Arrived at Barrow 5/26/53 and, after discharging her cargo, sold to British Iron and Steel Corporation. Allocated to T.W. Ward, Ltd. early in 6/53.

The information on this web site is the kind contribution of our Historian, Skip Lewis, © 2003. Skip, whose dad sailed for Isthmian, is an avid collector and researcher of everything Isthmian and States Marine. In his quest, he has used many sources and publications including Lloyd's of London and Imperial Steel by John Atherton.

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