物語
This landing ship, (medium rocket) was built in 1945 by U.S. Navy Yard (Charleston SC).
歴史的注記
Originally built during World War II as an undetermined US Navy Medium Landing Ship (Rocket) (LSM(R)), this vessel was later sold and converted into a self-propelled barge for service between Seattle and Alaska.
In 2017 this vessel was afloat in Howe Sound BC but this vessel is no longer registered in Canada..
In 2017 Patricia Wilson, her company Jacobson Marine and Industrial Design, and co-owner Steen Larsen, have been ordered to pay almost $138,000 plus interest to the Ship-Source Oil Pollution Fund. The fund filed court action to recover its costs after the 60-metre barge Spudnik broke free of its moorings in Howe Sound, north of Vancouver, during high winds in November 2014. The oil pollution fund’s online file of the incident shows the rusting vessel was adrift and in peril of running aground, potentially spilling some of the 6,500 litres of diesel and lube oil aboard. Coast Guard officials quickly hired a tug to tow the barge to safety in New Westminster, where another firm was retained to remove all the contaminants aboard. (In 2020 she was designated to be broken up.)
所有者と船長
In 1945-1974 she was owned by the United States Navy.
In 1974 she was sold by the (DRMS) Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service.
In 1980 she was owned by Alaska Freight Services, Seattle WA USA.
In 1986 she was owned by Far North Cargo Inc., Seattle WA USA.
She was owned by Alliamce Marine, Seattle WA USA.
She was owned by Arctic Transport LLC., Seattle WA USA.
In 2005 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Co, Seattle, WA USA. (About this time she was moved to a moorage in Howe Sound BC Canada but does not appear to have been registered in Canada at any time.) In 2008 she was owned by Jacobson Marine and Industrial Design, and co-owner Steen Larsen, Vancouver BC Canada. (In 2020 she was designated to be broken up.)
武装
one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
two twin 40mm gun mounts
four twin 20mm gun mounts (after Korean War)
ten twin tube continuous loading 5" spin stabilizer rocket launchers (two removed after Korean War)
four 4.2" mortars (removed after Korean War)
two .50 cal machine guns on the forecastle
two .30 cal machine guns on the bridge wings
改修
About 1986 she was rebuilt as a coastal freighter.
参考文献
- Canada List of Shipping
- www.news1130.com ↗
- www.navsource.org ↗ (website viewed 28/06/2024)
