SPINDLETOP (1943, Tank Vessel)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SPINDLETOP
Also known as:
LAKE CHARLES; ATLAS TRAVELER; LOC BAY; BADGER STATE
Year of Build:
1943
Official Number:
251442
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Perryville, Maryland, United States
Vessel Type:
Tank Vessel
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
201
Builder Name:
Lancaster Iron Works Inc
Original Owner:
U.S. Maritime Commission
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
213.5'
Beam:
37'
Depth:
14.5'
Tonnage (gross):
1064
Tonnage (net):
593
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Date:
1988
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1943 Owned U.S. Maritime Commission

1946 Owned Lake Tankers Corp; renamed LAKE CHARLES

1962 Owned Universal Atlas Cement (U.S. Steel); converted to self-unloading bulk freighter by Southern Shipbuilding Corp, Slidell, LA; renamed ATLAS TRAVELER

1976 Owned Erie Sand Steamship Co

1977 Renamed LOC BAY

1980 Owned Cement Transit Co; renamed BADGER STATE

1988 Scrapped

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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