MARINE ROBIN (1944, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MARINE ROBIN
Also known as:
JOSEPH H. THOMPSON
Year of Build:
1944
Official Number:
245496
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Additional vessel types:
Barge; Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
342
Builder Name:
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
Original Owner:
U.S. Maritime Commission
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Steam turbine
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
2 water tube
Propulsion Notes:
9900 hp engine built by General Electric Co., 1944; boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co, 1944
History
Chronology:

1944 Owned U.S. Maritime Commission

1950 Owned Hansand Steamship Co (Hanna); renamed JOSEPH H. THOMPSON

1953 Converted to bulk freighter by Maryland Drydock Co, Baltimore; forebody had been constructed by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Baltimore, in 1952

1985 Owned Upper Lakes Towing Inc; converted to self-unloading barge; tug JOSPEH H. THOMPSON JR constructed from stern

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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