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Created: 2018-11-14 8:32:08 PM
Last Edited: 2024-04-20 7:39:38 PM

Joseph S. Young (1961/10/22)	Joseph S. Young (1967/06)	H. Lee White (1971/07)	Sharon (1978/06)
Sharon (1986)	Sharon (1986/06/20)	Sharon (1986/06/20)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Mobile, Alabama, United States	Hull #:	346
Design:	T2-SE-A1
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1945/05/30	Commissioned:	1945/08/28

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 General Electric steam turbine	Output:	7240 shp (5325 kW) - 13.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Electric Company - Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	159.6 m (523.6 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	10172
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	6134
	Beam:	20.7 m (67.9 ft)	Dead Weight:	16613
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.2 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1957	Length (oa):	174.3 m (571.9 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	12489
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	8820
	Beam:	20.7 m (67.9 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.2 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted to bulk carrier and lengthened by Maryland Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (Baltimore, Maryland); in 1956-1957. Towed into the Great Lakes via the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers and converted to a self-unloader by the Manitowoc Ship Building Company (Manitowoc, Wisconsin).
Year: 1966	Length (oa):	205.09 m (672.9 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	14452
	Length (lbp):	200.01 m (656.2 ft)	Net Tonnage:	10783
	Beam:	20.78 m (68.2 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	11.97 m (39.3 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	8.148 m (26.7 ft)
	Change Description:	Lengthened by the American Ship Building Company (South Chicago, Illinois).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
U.S. Maritime Commission	Cities Service Oil Company	1945/08	1948
Ships Inc.	Cities Service Oil Company	1948	1956
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	Boland & Cornelius	1957	1986/05
Corostel Trading, Ltd.		1986/05	Scrapped

Fleet	From	Until
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	1956	1986

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Archers Hope	1957
Joseph S. Young	1969
H. Lee White	1974
Sharon	1986/08

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 248326	Buffalo, New York, United States	WH8733		1957	1986/05

Description

Built as a T-2 tanker in 1945 (504 x 68.16 x 39.16; 10172 gross - 6134 net).

Converted to bulk carrier and lengthened by Maryland Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, MD, 1956-1957. Towed to Manitowoc Ship Building Co., arriving there on February 18, 1957, for completion a self-unloader (572 x 68.16 x 39.16; 12489 gross - 8820 net). Lengthened by American Ship Builting Co., South Chicago, IL, in winter of 1965-1966 (656 x 68.16 x 39.16; 14452 gross - 10783 net).

Grounded in Trenton channel, Detroit River May 8, 1980 and layed up at Monroe Michigan. Sold for scrap in 1986 to the Corostel Trading Ltd. (Montreal). and towed to Brownsville, Texas for scrapping.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Brownsville, Texas.
Arrival at Yard	1986/08/20	Beached:	Work Began:	1986/09
Lost			Date:

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