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Created: 2019-02-09 10:45:31 AM
Last Edited: 2021-11-22 3:09:05 PM




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Joseph H. Thompson
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Joseph H. Thompson
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Joseph H. Thompson (1966/06)
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Joseph H. Thompson (1973)
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Joseph H. Thompson (1974)
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Joseph H. Thompson (1974)
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Joseph H. Thompson (1982/07/23)
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Joseph H. Thompson (1982/07/23)
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Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1990/07/02)
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Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1990/09)
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Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1990/09)
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Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1990/12/02)
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Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1992/06/27)
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Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1992/06/27)
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Joseph H. Thompson (1992/07)
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Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (2003/04/07)
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Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (2003/04/07)
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Joseph H. Thompson (2006/11/27)
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Joseph H. Thompson (2007/05/21)
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Joseph H. Thompson (2007/05/21)
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Joseph H. Thompson (2009/06/05)
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Joseph H. Thompson (2012/06/22)
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Joseph H. Thompson (2016/09/21)
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Joseph H. Thompson (2016/09/21)
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Joseph H. Thompson (2018/06/27)
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Joseph H. Thompson (2018/06/27)
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Dirk S. Van Enkenvort (2021/06/04)
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Dirk S. Van Enkevort (2021/06/04)
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Dirk S. Van Enkevort (2021/06/04)
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Dirk S. VanEnkevort (2023/06/28)
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Dirk S. VanEnkevort (2023/08/11)
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Dirk S. VanEnkevort (2023/08/11)
  IMO: 5175745  
Details/Construction
Builder:Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock CompanyLocation:Chester, PennsylvaniaHull #:342
Design:C4-S-B1
Keel Layed:Launched:1943/08/16Commissioned:1944/04
Propulsion
Year: 1990Type:3 General Motors 7FDM16 diesel enginesOutput:3000 BHP
Manufacturer:
Year: 2007Type:2 MaK 6M32C diesel engineOutput:8000 BHP
Manufacturer:
    
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):158.5 m (520.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:11757
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:8182
Beam:21.8 m (71.5 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:13.3 m (43.5 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Year: 1952Length (oa):217.6 m (714.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:12217
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:8469
Beam:21.8 m (71.5 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:11.7 m (38.5 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Converted to a bulk carrier by Maryland Dry Dock Company (Baltimore, Maryland). A new midbody was constructed by Ingalls Shipbuilding Company (Pascagoula, Alabama) and towed to Baltimore. The sections were towed to Chicago, Illinois; up the Mississippi River and the sections were joined, to complete the conversion.
Year: 1990Length (oa):41.0 m (134.5 ft)Gross Tonnage:
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:
Beam:11.6 m (38.1 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:Displacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Converted to a self-unloading ATB barge and tug boat. Metal removed from the stern was used in the construction of the tug.
Year: 2020Length (oa):38.1 m (125.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:841
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:
Beam:11.6 m (38.1 ft)Dead Weight:313
Depth:Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
U.S. Maritime Commission1944/041950/12
Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Company - Milwaukee, Wisconsin1950/121952
Sand Products Corporation and Hanna Coal & Ore CorporationM.A. Hanna Company19521984
Upper Lakes Towing Company - Escanaba, Michigan19842015
VanEnkevort Tug & Barge, Inc.2015
FleetFromUntil
Upper Lakes Towing Company - Escanaba, Michigan, USA19902020/10
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Marine Robin1952/10
Joseph H. Thompson1990/08
Joseph H. Thompson Jr.2020/10
Dirk S. Vanenkevort
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 245496 Wilmington, Delaware, United States WDH8351 1952 1990
US 949095 Escanaba, Michigan, United States WDH8351 338866000 1990 2020/10
US 949095 Cleveland, Ohio, United States WDH8351 338866000 2020/10
Description
Participated in the Allied landings in Normandy June 6, 1944.

The tug, constructed in 1990, was heavily rebuilt in 2020 by DonJon Shipbuilding & Repair (Erie, Pennsylvania).
Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
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