FORT MEIGS (1943, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FORT MEIGS
Also known as:
SEATHUNDER; VALIANT NIKKI
Year of Build:
1943
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Swan Island / Portland, Oregon, United States
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Builder Name:
Kaiser Company
Original Owner:
U.S. War Shipping Administration
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Turbo-electric
Propulsion Notes:
Engine built by General Electric, Lynn, Massachusetts
Hull Dimensions
Length:
523'
Beam:
68'
Depth:
30'
Tonnage (gross):
10564
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, South Holland, Netherlands
Date:
1960
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1943 Owned U.S. War Shipping Administration

1948 Owned Meveo Inc, NY

1949 Owned U.S. Navigation Co, NY

1950 Owned Colonial Steamship Corporation, NY; renamed SEATHUNDER

1953 Owned Delhi Steamship Corporation, Wilmington

1953 Owned Preston Corporation, Monrovia

1959 Owned Nikki Steamship Corporation, Monrovia; renamed VALIANT NIKKI

1960 Scrapped in Netherlands

Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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