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Created: 2023-04-03 7:47:31 PM
Last Edited: 2026-01-16 12:45:11 PM

African Neptune (1966)

African Neptune (1979/05/19)

IMO:

5004283

Details/Construction
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation	Location:	Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA	Hull #:	478
Design:	C4-S-58a
Keel Layed:	1961/12/08	Launched:	1962/09/15	Commissioned:	1963/02/20

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 General Electric steam turbine engine	Output:	18150 shp (13540 kW) - 20.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Electric Company - Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	174.35 m (572.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	11309
	Length (lbp):	164.9 m (541.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6809
	Beam:	22.92 m (75.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	12932
	Depth:	13.06 m (42.8 ft)	Displacement:	20110
	Draft:	9.399 m (30.8 ft)
	Change Description:	Data from the 1979/80 Lloyds Register

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Farrell Lines Inc. - New York, NY, USA		1963/02	1980/04/02
United States Government	United States Maritime Administration

Fleet	From	Until
Farrell Lines Inc. - New York, USA	1963/02	1980/04/02

Name History

Registration History

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 290485	New York, NY, United States	KAFV		1963/02	1980/12/30
US 290485	Norfolk, Virginia, United States	KAFV		1980/12/30	2019/11

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Brownsville, Texas by International Shipbreaking, USA
Arrival at Yard	2019/11/11	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date: