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H. Lee White (1971/07)
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Sharon (1978/06)
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Sharon (1986)
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Sharon (1986/06/20)
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Sharon (1986/06/20)
  IMO: 5175965  
Details/Construction
Builder:Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding CompanyLocation:Mobile, Alabama, United StatesHull #:346
Design:T2-SE-A1
Keel Layed:Launched:1945/05/30Commissioned:1945/08/28
Propulsion
As builtType:2 General Electric steam turbineOutput:7240 shp (5325 kW) - 13.5 knots
Manufacturer:General Electric Company - Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
   
Dimensions
As builtLength (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: 1957Length (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: 1966Length (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 HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
U.S. Maritime CommissionCities Service Oil Company1945/081948
Ships Inc.Cities Service Oil Company19481956
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New YorkBoland & Cornelius19571986
Corostel Trading, Ltd.1986Scrapped
FleetFromUntil
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York1912/051963
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Archers Hope1957
Joseph S. Young1969
H. Lee White1974
Sharon1986
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 248326 Buffalo, New York, United States WH8733 1957 1986
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 Builting 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/LocationScrapped at Brownsville, Texas.
Arrival at Yard1986/08/20Beached:Work Began:1986/09
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