船舶资料

Royal Taipan

Royal Taipan
照片: Navsource.org (Contributed by Mike Green)

故事

This minesweeper (yms) was built in 1943 by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL.

历史记录

There is no record of this vessel ever being registered in Canada. Some time before 1996 this vessel was reported to have sunk.

船东与船长

In 1943-1946 she was a YMS owned by the United States Navy.

In 1946 she was stricken from the list of USN ships.

In 1959 she was owned by General Motors Defense Research Laboratories at Santa Barbara, CA USA.

In 1960 she was owned by General Motors Corp. of Goleta, CA USA.

In 1980 she was owned by Windjammer Cruises of Honolulu, HI USA.

In 1991c she was owned by Sause Brothers Ocean Towing Co., Inc. of Portland, OR USA.

She sank a short time later and was out of documentation in 1996.

船长

Lt. F. S. Osborne (USNR) 1945;

武装

One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts and two depth charge projectors

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