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Created: 2019-03-22 7:21:57 PM
Last Edited: 2025-02-07 2:14:52 AM




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River Transport (1965/10)
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River Transport (1970/08/20)
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River Transport (1971/07/17)
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River Transport (1974/12)
  IMO: 5297189  
Details/Construction
Builder:St. John's River Shipbuilding CompanyLocation:Jacksonville, Florida, USAHull #:2630
Builder 2:Maryland Drydock CompanyLocation 2:Baltimore, Maryland, USAHull #:90
Design:T1-M-BT1
Keel Layed:1944Launched:1945/08/06Commissioned:1946/09
Propulsion
Year: 1967Type:1 Enterprise 8-cylinder diesel engineOutput:1200 bhp (883 kW) - 10 knots
Manufacturer:Enterprise Engine & Foundry Company - San Francisco, California, United States (Engine built in 1944 and installed in 1967)
 
Dimensions
Year: 1947Length (oa):99.12 m (325.2 ft)Gross Tonnage:3041
Length (lbp):94.19 m (309.0 ft)Net Tonnage:1649
Beam:14.74 m (48.4 ft)Dead Weight:4558
Depth:6.66 m (21.9 ft)Displacement:
Draft:5.893 m (19.3 ft) 
Change Description:Originally intended to be launched as the T1-M-BT1 class gasoline tanker LaFITTE however her construction was cancelled before completion. Work was suspended on August 26, 1945 when the vessel was 79.9% complete. The incomplete vessel was delivered to the Maritime Commission on September 18, 1945. The commission later sold the vessel to International Tankers on July 16, 1947. She was completed at the Maryland Drydock as QUINNEBAUG, then entered commercial service. (Marad)
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
United States Maritime Commission1945/081947/07/16
International Tankers - United States1947/071960
Hall Corporation of Canada - Canada19601975
Navipac S.A. - Ecuador19751998
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Quinnebaug1945/10
Lafitte1945/12
Quinnebaug1946/03
Transpan1960
River Transport1975
Don Ernesto1998
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Can 315856 Montreal, Quebec, Canada VCNF 1960 1975
Guayaquil, Ecuador HCDJ 1975 1998
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped in Ecuador
Arrival at Yard1998/10Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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