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Transit History

Created: 2024-08-17 11:19:24 AM
Last Edited: 2024-09-04 11:37:52 PM




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Wit (1968/04/20)
  IMO: 5261403  
Details/Construction
Builder:Ingalls Iron Works CompanyLocation:Chickasaw, Alabama, USAHull #:171
Keel Layed:Launched:Commissioned:1936/02/29
Propulsion
Year: 1951Type:2 General Motors 12-cylinder diesel engines (built in 1944)Output:1800 bhp (1343 kW) - 10.0 knots
Manufacturer:General Motors Corporation - Electro Motive Division - La Grange, Illinois, United States
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):76.27 m (250.2 ft)Gross Tonnage:1757
Length (lbp):76.59 m (251.3 ft)Net Tonnage:1409
Beam:13.14 m (43.1 ft)Dead Weight:2591
Depth:4.98 m (16.3 ft)Displacement:
Draft:4.103 m (13.5 ft) 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
American Tankers Corporation - USA1936/021944/02
British Admiralty - United Kingdom1944/021947/03
National Petroleum Transport Corporation - USA1947/031947/12
International Tankers SA - Panama1947/121948/10
Associated Oil Transportation Company - Panama1948/101951/02
Gayport Shipping Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada1951/021959
Hall Corporation of Canada - Canada19591968/02
Challenger Ltd. - Hamilton, Bermuda1968/021973
FleetFromUntil
Gayport Shipping Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario1951/021959
Hall Corporation of Canada - Toronto, Ontario19591968/02
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Transoil1948
Oil Transporter1959
Oil Transport1968
Wit1973
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 234569 Wilmington, Delaware, United States 1936/02 1944/02
Br 169935 London, England 1944/02 1947/03
US 234569 New York, NY, United States 1947/03 1947/12
Panama City, Panama 1947/12 1951/02
Can 193666 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1951/02 1959
Can 193666 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1959 1968/02
Br 193666 Hamilton, Bermuda 1968/02 1973
Description
Sold for use in an unknown location on the Caribbean and subsequently reduced to a barge. Final disposition unknown - presumed scrapped years ago.
Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
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