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Thursday, 15 December 2022

Russian cargo ship (ex-Lake Haresti 1920-1925, Osceala 1925-1930, Floridian 1937-1946) Shchors 1946-1957

Soviet Union-flagged, call sign UVBP. Completed by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, USA for the US Shipping Board as no. 2611 with yard number 117 in July 1920. Broken up in 1957. Gross tonnage 2,690 tons, under deck 2,329 tons, net tonnage 1,587 tons and as dimensions 250.9 x 43.6 x 25.8 feet).

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Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Lloyds Register of Shipping 1939-1940.

The Belgian Shiplover No. 95, September-October 1963,. N.L. McKellar, Steel Shipbuilding under the U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921.

Fleetphoto.ru

ONI 208. Russian merchant ships in the Pacific. April 1945.

Register of Ships Owned by United States Shipping Board, August 1, 1920 (Source)

BGSU University Libraries. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes  (https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/

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