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Created: 2023-01-01 1:17:09 AM
Last Edited: 2023-01-01 2:03:07 AM




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Polaris (1974/07)
  IMO: 5280837  
Details/Construction
Builder:Bethlehem Steel Company Inc. Shipbuilding divisionLocation:Hingham, Massachusettes, USAHull #:
Keel Layed:1945/01/03Launched:1945/02/11Commissioned:1945/03/08
Propulsion
As builtType:2 General Motors 12-cylinder diesel enginesOutput:1800 bhp (1343 kW) - 10.5 Knots
Manufacturer:General Motors Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio, USA
 
Dimensions
Year: 1948Length (oa):327.82 m (1075.5 ft)Gross Tonnage:3748
Length (lbp):309.0 m (1013.8 ft)Net Tonnage:2956
Beam:52.18 m (171.2 ft)Dead Weight:4400
Depth:25.0 m (82.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft:16.1 m (52.8 ft) 
Change Description:Converted from an LST to a tanker at the Moore Drydock Company in Oakland, California
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
United States Navy1945/031948
Cleveland Tankers Inc. - USA19481977/05
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
USNS LST 10631949
Polaris1977/05
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 257395 Wilmington, Delaware, United States WC3735 1949 1977/05
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Ashtabula, Ohio by the Acme Scrap Metal Company
Arrival at Yard1977/05/25Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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