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Created: 2018-11-05 9:28:03 AM
Last Edited: 2025-01-22 11:03:27 PM

Paul H. Townsend (1969/08/03)	Paul H. Townsend (1971/06)	Paul H. Townshend (1972)	Paul H. Townshend (1972)
Paul H. Townshend (1974)	Paul H. Townsend (1980)	Paul H. Townshend (1985/06)	Paul H. Townsend (1986/06/29)
Paul H. Townsend (1992/08)	Paul H. Townsend (1993/06/12)	Paul H. Townsend (1993/09/19)	Paul H. Townsend (1994/09)
Paul H. Townsend (2017/11/28)	Paul H. Townsend (2018/06/15)	Paul H. Townsend (2018/06/15)	Paul H. Townsend (2018/07/01)
Paul H. Townsend (2018/07/11)	Paul H. Townsend (2020/11/29)	Paul H. Townsend (2020/11/29)	Paul H. Townsend (2020/11/29)
Paul H. Townsend (2020/11/29)	Paul H. Townsend (2020/11/29)

IMO:

5272050

Details/Construction
Builder:	Consolidated Steel Corporation	Location:	Wilmington, California, United States	Hull #:	1328
Design:	C1-M-AV1
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1945/06/04	Commissioned:	1945/09

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Nordberg TSM-216 6-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	2150 bhp (1581 kW) - 11 knots
	Manufacturer:	Nordberg Manufacturing Company - St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	103.4 m (339.2 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3822
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	2123
	Beam:	15.24 m (50.0 ft)	Dead Weight:	8375
	Depth:	8.84 m (29.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Originally built as the C1-M-AV1 class general cargo ship Coastal Delegate for the U.S. Maritime Commission for service during World War II.
Year: 1953	Length (oa):	103.4 m (339.2 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3581
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	1870
	Beam:	15.24 m (50.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.84 m (29.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted from her original configuration to a self unloading cement carrier with all of her accommodations at the stern of the ship. Her conversion began at the Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division yard in Hoboken, New Jersey before being towed into the Great Lakes via the Mississippi River system. Her conversion and fitout were then completed in early 1953 by the Calumet Shipyard in Chicago, Illinois.
Year: 1958	Length (oa):	131.65 m (431.9 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4302
	Length (lbp):	130.82 m (429.2 ft)	Net Tonnage:	2825
	Beam:	15.27 m (50.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	7112
	Depth:	8.84 m (29.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.579 m (21.6 ft)
	Change Description:	Paul H. Townsend was lengthened and rebuilt with her wheelhouse and accommodations forward at Ashtabula, Ohio over the winter of 1957-58.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
United States Government	United States Maritime Commission	1945/09	1947
Southern Steamship Company - United States		1947	1952
Huron Transportation Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA		1952	1955
Huron Portland Cement Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA		1955	1965
National Gypsum Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA		1965	1988/12
First Union Commercial Corporation - United States	Inland Lakes Management - Alpena, Michigan, USA	1988/12	2017/05
Marine Recycling Corporation - Port Colborne		2017/10	2021/12

Fleet	From	Until
Huron Transportation Company - Detroit, Michigan		1959
National Gypsum Company - Detroit, Michigan		1989
Inland Lakes Management Inc. - Alpena, Michigan		2017/05

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Hickory Coll	1945
Coastal Delegate	1953/04/30
Paul H. Townsend	2021/12

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 248646	Detroit, Michigan, United States	WF9016		1953	1965
US 248646	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WF9016		1965	2017/09

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario by International Marine Salvage.
Arrival at Yard	2017/09/11	Beached:		Work Began:	2020/12
Lost				Date:

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