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Transit History

Created: 2019-02-03 1:50:41 PM
Last Edited: 2023-12-26 10:29:30 PM

Venus (1968/09)	Venus (1971/05/23)	Venus (1972)	Venus (1972/07/22)
Venus (1972/08/12)	Venus (1973/08)	Venus (1974)

IMO:

5226843

Details/Construction
Builder:	American Ship Building Company	Location:	Lorain, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	803
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1928/06/09	Commissioned:	1928/10

Propulsion
As built	Type:	2 Werkspoor 12-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	1500 bhp - 11.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Werkspoor - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Year: 1954	Type:	2 General Motors 8-cylinder diesel engines	Output:	1600 bhp (1177 kW) - 11.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Motors Corporation (built in 1944 then reconditioned in 1954)

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	105.1 m (344.75 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	2935
	Length (lbp):	101.8 m (334.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	1994
	Beam:	15.6 m (51.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	3790
	Depth:	5.6 m (18.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	5.2 m (17.0 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Lake Tankers Corporation - Chicago, Illinois, USA		1928/10	1958
National Marine Services Inc. - New York, NY, USA		1958	1967
Cleveland Tankers Inc. - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1967	1975/08

Fleet	From	Until
Lake Tankers Corporation - Chicago, Illinois	1928/10	1958
Cleveland Tankers Inc. - Cleveland, Ohio	1967	1975/08

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Martha E. Allen	1967
Venus	1975

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 227895	Whiting, Indiana, United States	WA7860		1928/10	1939
US 22789	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA7860		1939	1975/08

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Ashtabula, Ohio by Acme Metals Inc.
Arrival at Yard	1975/08/22	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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