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Created: 2018-11-18 12:06:53 PM
Last Edited: 2024-11-02 11:25:33 AM

Charles C. West	Charles C. West (1963)	Charles C. West (1963/08)	Charles C. West (1970/07)
Charles C. West (1971/01)	Charles C. West (1972/07)	Charles C. West (1972/07)	Charles C. West (1974/09)
Charles C. West (1974/09)

IMO:

5068394

Details/Construction
Builder:	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States	Hull #:	216
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1925/07/08	Commissioned:	1925/08

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 triple expansion steam engines	Output:	2000 ihp (1492 kW) - 10.0 knots
	Manufacturer:
Year: 1952	Type:	2 Skinner Uniflow 8-cylinder reciprocating steam engines	Output:	4000 ihp (2984 kW) - 14.75 knots
	Manufacturer:	Skinner Engine Company - Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	143.3 m (470.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6644
	Length (lbp):	137.2 m (450.18 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5004
	Beam:	18.9 m (62.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.4 m (31.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Originally laid down as a twin-screw cross-lake railroad carferry. During early construction however, the contract was cancelled and the partially built hull was purchased by the Rockport Steamship Company and completed as a self-unloading bulk freighter.
Year: 1948	Length (oa):	175.63 m (576.2 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8481
	Length (lbp):	169.5 m (556.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6840
	Beam:	5.6 m (18.32 ft)	Dead Weight:	13459
	Depth:	2.9 m (9.45 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	2.0 m (6.414 ft)
	Change Description:	Lengthened 120’ 1948 at Manitowoc Wisconsin by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Rockport Steamship Company - Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA		1925/08	1964
Reiss Steamship Company - Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA		1964	1969/06
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York, USA	Boland & Cornelius - USA	1969/06	1978
United Pipe & Machinery Ltd. - Buffalo, NY, USA		1978	1979

Fleet	From	Until
Reiss Steamship Company - Sheboygan, Wisconsin	1964	1969/06
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	1969/06	1978

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Charles C. West	1979/03

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 225066	Cleveland, Ohio, United States	WA3556		1925/08	1932
US 225066	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA3556		1932	1978

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Buffalo, New York by Advance Metal Recycling
Arrival at Yard	1979/03	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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