ALGOCEN (1968, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALGOCEN
Also known as:
VALGOCEN; J.W. SHELLEY; PHOENIX STAR
Year of Build:
1968
Official Number:
325748
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
191
Builder Name:
Collingwood Shipyards
Original Owner:
Algoma Central Railway
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
4 opposed piston diesels
# Cylinders:
12
Propulsion Notes:
8000hp; engine built by Canadian Locomotive Co., 1968
Hull Dimensions
Length:
702'
Beam:
75'
Depth:
39' 8"
Tonnage (gross):
18,089
Tonnage (net):
13,493
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Toledo, Ohio
Date:
2013
How:
Scrapped in Toledo, OH
History
Chronology:

1968 Owned Algoma Central Railway

2005 Owned Recycling Technologies Inc.; renamed VALGOCEN; used as a barge in New Jersey

2008 Owned Vanguard Shipping (Great Lakes) Ltd; renamed J.W. SHELLEY

2012 Owned T.F. Warren; renamed PHOENIX STAR

2013 Scrapped in Toledo, OH

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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