| Gross Tonnage: | 6,103 | Net: | 3,515 |
| Dimensions: | 441.1 x 63.1 x 38.3 | MC Type: | C2-S-B1 |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corp. Ltd.
Wilmington, CA | Hull #
USMC Hull #
Date of Build:
Delivered: | 1358
2817
1946
2/46 |
| Engines: | 2 Steam Turbines DR Geared to Single Screw Shaft | Engine Builder: | General Electric Co.
Lynn, MA |
| Navigation: | DF, ESD, GYC | Decks, etc.: | 3 Decks, Fitted for Oil Fuel, Cruiser Stern |
| Began SM Service: | 1946 | Ended SM Service: | 1956 |
----------------------------------- Vessel History ----------------------------------- |
Date | Vessel
# | Vessel
Name | Vessel
Owner | Call Ltrs | Home
Port | Flag |
1946 | 249027 | Messenger (II) | US War Shipping Administration | AOPH | Los Angeles | USWB |
1946 | 249027 | Messenger (II) | US Maritime Commission | AOPH | Los Angeles | US |
1946 | 249027 | Cotton State | States Marine Corp.
New York | AOPH | New York | US |
1947 | 249027 | Cotton State | States Marine Corp. of Delaware
New York | AOPH | Wilmington | US |
1950 | 249027 | Cotton State | States Marine Corp. of Delaware
Wilmington, DE | AOPH | Wilmington | US |
1956 | 249027 | Alice Brown | Bloomfield Steamship Co.
Houston, TX | KFQP | Houston | US |
1968 | 249027 | Maury | Crest Overseas Shipping Co.Inc.
c/o Management & Shipping Transport Inc.
New York | KFQP | New York | US |
Events:
1946: U.S. Maritime Commission
1946: Sold to States Marine Corp., renamed COTTON STATE.
1956: Sold to Bloomfield Steamship Co., renamed ALICE BROWN.
2/68: Sold to Crest Overseas Shipping Co. Inc., renamed MAURY.
2/3/69: Grounded at Phan Rang Bay, Vietnam. Refloated with extensive bottom damage. Repairs deferred, the vessel returning to San Francisco where she loaded a final cargo before sailing for Da Nang where she was sold to Taiwan shipbreakers.
| Disposition Date | Comments |
| 1969 | Sold through Jacques Pierot Jr. & Sons to Taiwan Shipbreakers, arriving Kaohsiung prior to 7/11/69, having left Danang 6/28/69. Scrapped 9/69 Kaohsiung. |
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