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Created: 2019-07-22 10:44:23 AM
Last Edited: 2026-01-09 9:31:05 PM

Grand Explorer (1964/10/15)

Grand Explorer (1965/10/17)

IMO:

2246761

Details/Construction
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction Company	Location:	Brunswick, Georgia, United States	Hull #:	167
Design:	Liberty - EC2-S-C1
Keel Layed:	1944/09/23	Launched:	1944/10/30	Commissioned:	1944/11/13

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (24.5", 37" & 70" x 48")	Output:	2500 ihp (1865 kW) - 11 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Machinery Corporation - Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	134.6 m (441.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7257
	Length (lbp):	127.3 m (417.75 ft)	Net Tonnage:	4450
	Beam:	17.4 m (57.0 ft)	Dead Weight:	10865
	Depth:	11.4 m (37.33 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	8.4 m (27.66 ft)
	Change Description:	Data from the 1966/67 Lloyds Register

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
United States Government	United States Maritime Commission	1944/11/13	1951/04
Drytrans Corporation - United States		1951/04	1958/01
Bulkcargo Shipping Corporation - Liberia		1958/01	1959/01
Penntrans Company - United States	Penn Shipping Company Inc.	1959/01	1961/02
Friendship Navigation Corporation - Liberia		1961/02	1967/10

Fleet

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Until

Name History

Registration History

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 246761	Brunswick, Georgia, United States	KTAF		1944/11/13	1951/04
US 246761	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	KTAF		1951/04	1958/01
1129	Monrovia, Liberia			1958/01	1959/01
US 246761	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	KTAF		1959/01	1961/02
1620	Monrovia, Liberia	5MIN		1961/02	1967/10

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan by the Taiwan Navigation and Wire Company.
Arrival at Yard	1967/10/21	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date: