MOUNT MANSFIELD (1946, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: MOUNT MANSFIELD
Also known as:: CHARLES M. WHITE
Year of Build:: 1946
Official Number:: 249263

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Vancouver, Washington, United States
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter
Additional vessel types:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 516
Builder Name:: Kaiser Company
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 Joshua Hendy Iron Works, 1946; boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co, 1946

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 585'
Beam:: 71' 6"
Depth:: 35'
Tonnage (gross):: 9115
Tonnage (net):: 5719

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Bombay, India
Date:: 1982
How:: Scrapped

History

Chronology:

1946 Owned U.S. Maritime Commission

1951 Owned Nicholson-Universal Steamship Co; lengthened and converted to bulk freighter by Maryland Drydock Co, Baltimore; new forebody constructed by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; renamed CHARLES M. WHITE

1952 Owned Republic Steel Corp.

1972 Owned Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Co

1982 Scrapped in Bombay, India

Contact

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