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Created: 2023-02-28 1:56:02 PM
Last Edited: 2023-03-03 6:16:58 PM




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Norco (1960/09)
  IMO: 2213730  
Details/Construction
Builder:Great Lakes Engineering WorksLocation:Ecorse, Michigan, United StatesHull #:149
Keel Layed:Launched:1915/10/25Commissioned:1915/11/08
Propulsion
As builtType:1 triple expansion steam engine (17", 28.5" & 48" x 36")Output:900 shp - 9.0 knots
Manufacturer:Great Lakes Engineering Works - Ecorse, Michigan, USA
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):78.8 m (258.5 ft)Gross Tonnage:1414
Length (lbp):75.0 m (246.0 ft)Net Tonnage:948
Beam:11.6 m (38.2 ft)Dead Weight:1172
Depth:4.6 m (15.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Clyde Steamship Company Inc. - USA1915/111928
General Transit Company - USA19281931
Valley Camp Steamship Company Inc. - USA19311935
General Paper Mills Inc. - USA19351938
Northern Paper Mills Ltd. - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada19381954
Marathon Corporation of Canada - Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada19541957
Kelly Shipping Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada19571962
Jean M. Chabot - BahamasW.F. Dods - Canada19621963
Dods Shipping Ltd. - Bahamas19631964/04
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Inca1938
Norco1964/04
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 213730 New York, NY, United States LFQH 1915/11 1928
US 213730 Cleveland, Ohio, United States LFQH 1928 1931
US 213730 Wilmington, Delaware, United States LFQH 1931 1935
Can 158168 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada VCYQ 1935 1954
Can 158168 Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada VCYQ 1954 1957
Can 158168 Montreal, Quebec, Canada VCYQ 1957 1962
158168 Nassau, Bahamas 1962 1964/04
Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
LostGrounded and was abandoned on the shore of Little Corn Island east of Nicaragua in the Caribbean while enroute from Tampa, Florida for Puerto Limon, Costa Rica with a cargo of phosphateDate:1964/04/19

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