ARCHERS HOPE (1945, Tank Vessel)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ARCHERS HOPE
Also known as:
JOSEPH S. YOUNG; H. LEE WHITE; SHARON
Year of Build:
1945
Official Number:
248326
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Mobile, Alabama, United States
Vessel Type:
Tank Vessel
Additional vessel types:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
346
Builder Name:
Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
U.S. Maritime Commission
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Brownsville, Texas
Date:
1986
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1945 Owned U.S. Maritime Commission

1948 Owned Ships Inc (Cities Service)

1956-1957 Owned American Steamship Co.; rebuilt - new forebody was constructed by Maryland Drydock Co. at Baltimore, Maryland and attached there, towed to Great Lakes via Mississippi River, self-unloading equipment installed by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co of Wisconsin; renamed JOSEPH S. YOUNG

1966 Lengthened 84' by American Shipbuilding Co., South Chicago, Illinois

1969 Renamed H. LEE WHITE

1973 Renamed SHARON

1986 Scrapped in Brownsville, Texas

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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