Geschichte
This amphibious control vessel was built in 1943 by Quincy Adams Yacht Yard.
Historische Notizen
In the 1970s she was used as a rehabilitation project for troubled teens who lived on board.
In 1978 this ex-USN submarine catcher converted to a fishpacker was reported to have been broken up and scuttled at Bedwell Bay BC Canada.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1943-1947 she was owned by the United States Navy.
In 1948-1952 she was owned by Richard & Norman Nelson (JO), New Westminster BC Canada.
In 1952-1972 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1972-1978 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd., Richmond BC Canada.
Bewaffnung
a single 40 mm gun forward, three 20 mm machine guns amidships, depth charges, and Mousetrap rocket launchers.
Umbauten
Rebuilt and converted 9.8 feet long, 18.3 feet in beam, and 9.4 feet deep. Her displacement was 133.36 tons gross, 90.68 net. She had one deck, two masts, a raked stem, a transom stern, carvel planking, and six bulkheads.
Remotisierung
By 1956 she had eight-cylinder twins built by the Cooper-Bessemer Corporation in 1944.
Referenzen
- Canada List of Shipping
- George Duddy (2016)
- www.belcarra.ca ↗
- Vancouver’s Undersea Heritage–Shipwrecks and Submerged Cultural Sites in Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound, David Stone, Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia, 1994, pages 65-67
- heritage.canadiana.ca ↗
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 12/04/2025)
