Gross Tonnage:	7,870	Net:	4,601
Dimensions:	492.0 x 69.7 x 29.5	MC Type:	C3-S-A2
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, MS	Hull # USMC Hull # Date of Build: Delivered:	403 859 1944 4/28/44
Engines:	2 Steam Turbines DR Geared to Single Screwed Shaft	Engine Builder:	Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. Pittsburgh, PA
Navigation:	DF, ESD, GC, RDR, RT	Decks, etc.:	2 Decks & Open Shelter Deck

Began SM Service:

1960

Ended SM Service:

1973

----------------------------------- Vessel History -----------------------------------

Date	Vessel #	Vessel Name	Vessel Owner	Call Ltrs	Home Port	Flag
1944	244979	Sea Perch	US War Shipping Administration	KVUX	New Orleans	USWB
1946	244979	Sea Perch	US Maritime Commission	KVUX	New Orleans	US
1947	244979	Matthew Luckenbach	Luckenbach Steamship Co. New York & Philadelphia, PA	KVUX	New York	US
1960	244979	Gopher State	States Marine Lines, Inc. (DE) New York	KVUX	New York	US
1972	244979	Gopher State	States Marine International, Inc. (DE) New York	KVUX	New York	US

Events:
5/20/43: Keel laid.
10/29/43: Launched, sponsered by Mrs Alfred C. Leigh, wife of the senior naval architect at Ingalls Shipbuilding.
4/28/44: Completed conversion to a transport (2,056 troops) by builders for WSA.
1946: U.S. Maritime Commission
1947: Sold to Luckenbach Steamship Co., renamed MATTHEW LUCKENBACH.
1960: Sold to States Marine Lines, renamed GOPHER STATE.
1972: Sold/transferred to States Marine International, Inc., name retained.

Disposition Date	Comments
1973	Sold to I. Chon Steel & Iron Works, having left Chalna 5/20/73, arriving Kaohsiung about 6/1/73. Scrapped 6/73 Kaohsiung.

S.S. Sea Perch

Launching
29 October 1943

Later, the S.S. Gopher State.

S.S. Sea Perch

Launching
29 October 1943

Later, the S.S. Gopher State.

S.S. Sea Perch

Launching
29 October 1943

Later, the S.S. Gopher State.

S.S. Sea Perch

Launching
29 October 1943

Later, the S.S. Gopher State.

S.S. Sea Perch

Launching
29 October 1943

Later, the S.S. Gopher State.

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.