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Created: 2019-05-15 6:39:39 PM
Last Edited: 2023-07-01 1:31:02 AM

Johnstown (1966/06)

Johnstown (1976/09/12)

Johnstown (1978)

Johnstown (1981)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard	Location:	Sparrows Point, Maryland, United States	Hull #:	4504
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1952/01/24	Commissioned:	1952/07/27

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 steam turbine engine	Output:	7000 shp (5149 kW) - 16.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Bethlehem Steel Company - Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	190.8 m (626.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	9164
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	5608
	Beam:	21.4 m (70.25 ft)	Dead Weight:	19595
	Depth:		Displacement:
	Draft:	7.8 m (25.66 ft)
Year: 1958	Length (oa):	208.19 m (683.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	10317
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	5947
	Beam:	21.44 m (70.3 ft)	Dead Weight:	23525
	Depth:	11.28 m (37.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.805 m (25.6 ft)
	Change Description:	Lengthened at South Chicago by the American Shipbuilding Company

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Bethlehem Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1952/07	1985

Fleet	From	Until
Bethlehem Steel Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio	1952/07	1985

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Johnstown	1985

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 263877	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WE2311		1952/07	1985

Description

Enlarged from 190.8m (9164gt/19595dw) in 1958.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped in San Esteban de Pravia, Spain by Vige SA.
Arrival at Yard	1985/06/24	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date: