(1944) 1953                                 Gaspedoc                    1967 (1980)

Steel twin-screw bulk freighter

Built at Galveston TX by Todd-Galveston Dry Docks Inc.
Keel laid Aug 13, 1944;  launched Sept 23, 1944 Built for the U. S. Navy during World War II as a landing ship (tank) LST 885.  Original dimensions 328’ LOA, 50’ beam, 22’ depth.  Sold 1951 to owners below and converted to bulk freighter at Lauzon QC by Davie Shipbuilding & Repair Ltd.  Sailed to the Great Lakes via the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers in 1953

328’ LOA, 309’ LBP, 50’ beam, 24’6” depth
1 deck, 2 oil-fired diesel engines, 1800 BHP

Enrolled at Fort William ON
316.5 x 50.0 x 24.6, 3638 GT, 2384 NT     Can 179588     to:
N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd., Fort William ON (home port Fort William ON)

Entered Great Lakes service 1953

Sold for scrap 1967 to Steel Factors Ltd. Resold for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Vedalin 1967 and Witshoal 1968

Sank about 1980 off Georgetown Guyana

IMO 5126550

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