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USL-502

USL-502
Photo: Alabama Enterprise taken 6 Oct 3012 at New Orleans LA by George Schneider

Histoire

This barge, bulk was built in 1981 by Seatrain Shipbuilding Co in Brooklyn, NY.

Notes historiques

George Schneider (Aug 2026) writes: Seatrain opened a commercial shipyard in the former Brooklyn Navy Yard, and built a series of supertankers for their own account. After that they stuggled to find more contracts, mostly small barges much below their construction capacity. The yard closed while this one was under construction, and her completion is credited to George Marine Repair Inc., of Perth Amboy NJ, but it doesn't appear she saw service until further work was done by Metro Marine of Norfolk in 1985. Her documents lapsed in 2015, with the Coast Guard listing her status as "Unknown" since then.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1981-1898 she was owned by Union Carbide Corp., New York USA.

In 1992-2002 she was owner by Gulfcoast Transit Co., Tampa FL USA.

In 2002-2007 she was owned by TECO Ocean Shipping Inc., Tampa FL USA.

In 2007-2013 she was owned by U.S. United Ocean Services LLC, Tampa FL USA.

Reconstructions

Lengthened and converted to a notch barge, probably ca1989.

Références

  • Merchant Vessels of the United States (1989)
  • Merchant Vessels of the United States Annual digital data files, 1992-2026
  • cgmix.uscg.mil ↗ (Accessed 15 Aug 2026)
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