MARINE STAR (1945, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MARINE STAR
Also known as:
AQUARAMA
Year of Build:
1945
Official Number:
248329
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Note: Passenger vessel
Additional vessel types:
Other
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
357
Builder Name:
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
Original Owner:
U.S. Maritime Commission
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
495'
Beam:
71.6'
Depth:
20.75'
Tonnage (gross):
10780
Tonnage (net):
7533
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Aliaga, Turkey
Date:
2007
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1944 Owned U.S. Maritime Commission

1953 Owned Sand Products Corporation (Michigan-Ohio Navigation Co); converted to passenger vessel by Todd Shipyard, Brooklyn, NY; construction completed at Muskegon, MI; 12773 gross tons & 10894 net tons

1955 Renamed AQUARAMA

1987 Owned North Shore Farming Co Ltd, Canada

2007 Scrapped in Turkey

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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