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Created: 2023-02-06 10:26:29 PM
Last Edited: 2023-02-06 10:44:12 PM




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Ruth Lykes (1983/05)
  IMO: 6523810  
Details/Construction
Builder:Avondale Shipyards Inc.Location:Avondale, Louisiana, USAHull #:1042
Design:C4-S-66a (general cargo ship)
Keel Layed:1964/06/23Launched:1965/01/09Commissioned:1966/06/01
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Westinghouse steam turbine engineOutput:15500 shp (11401 kW) - 19.0 knots
Manufacturer:Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):164.6 m (540.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:10954
Length (lbp):156.95 m (514.9 ft)Net Tonnage:6324
Beam:23.22 m (76.2 ft)Dead Weight:14897
Depth:13.01 m (42.7 ft)Displacement:
Draft:10.186 m (33.4 ft) 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Lykes Brothers Steamship Company Inc. - USA1966/061994/01
U.S. National Defense Reserve Fleet1994/011994/10
FleetFromUntil
Lykes Brothers Steamship Company (Lykes Lines) - Galveston, Texas19661994/01
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Ruth Lykes1994/01
Ruth1994/10
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 502928 Galveston, Texas, United States KOHB 1966/06 1994/01
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Alang, India by the R.R. Shipbreaking Corporation
Arrival at Yard1994/10/05Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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