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Last Edited: 2021-07-09 9:57:30 AM

Universe (1986/09/11)

Universe (1987/08/23)

Universe (1995/08/13)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company	Location:	Chester, Pennsylvania, United States	Hull #:	586
Design:	C4-S-1a
Keel Layed:	1952	Launched:	1953/07/01	Commissioned:	1953/10

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	171.8 m (563.6 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	9215
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:
	Beam:	23.3 m (76.4 ft)	Dead Weight:	13409
	Depth:		Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1958	Length (oa):	171.8 m (563.6 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	14136
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:
	Beam:	23.3 m (76.4 ft)	Dead Weight:	5100
	Depth:		Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted from a cargo ship to a passenger vessel by the Ingalls Ship Building Corporation (Pascagoula, Mississippi).
Year: 1960	Length (oa):	171.8 m (563.6 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	18100
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:
	Beam:	23.3 m (76.4 ft)	Dead Weight:	5100
	Depth:		Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Extensive refit.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
United States Government		1953	1957
American Banner Lines Inc. - USA		1957	1959
American Export Lines Inc. - USA		1959	1964
American Export Isbrandtsen Lines Inc. - USA		1964	1968
Seawise Foundations Inc. - USA		1968	1996

Fleet

From

Until

Name History

Registration History

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 266527	Philadelphia, United States			1953/10	1957
US 266527	New York, New York, United States			1957	1968
3912	Monrovia, Liberia			1968	1996/04

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Alang, India by R.K. Industries.
Arrival at Yard	1996/04/06	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date: