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Transit History

Created: 2018-12-20 6:05:30 PM
Last Edited: 2026-02-19 10:31:17 PM

Clarence B. Randall	Clarence B. Randall (1959/08/05)	Clarence B. Randall (1959/08/05)	Ashland (1964/08)
Ashland (1973)	Ashland (1973/08/19)	Ashland (1974)	Ashland (1976)
Ashland (1976/07)	Ashland (1978/11)	Ashland (1979/04)	Ashland (1986/09)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ashtabula, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	523
Design:	L6-S-B1
Keel Layed:	1942/03/16	Launched:	1942/12/19	Commissioned:	1943/07/19

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam turbine engine (24.25", 41.5" & 68" x 42")	Output:	2500 ihp (1865 kW) - 13.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Great Lakes Engineering Works - Ashtabula, Ohio, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	187.46 m (615.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	9057
	Length (lbp):	184.11 m (604.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6793
	Beam:	18.34 m (60.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	16805
	Depth:	10.67 m (35.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.773 m (25.5 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Pioneer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Hutchinson & Company - USA	1943/07	1962/01
Oglebay Norton Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1962/01	1987/12

Fleet	From	Until
United States Maritime Administration	1942/03/16	1943/07/19
Pioneer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1943/07	1962/01
Columbia Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1962/01	1987/12

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Clarence B. Randall	1962/01
Ashland	1988/02

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 243412	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA3738		1943/07	1987/12

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped in Mamonal, Colombia by SIPSA.
Arrival at Yard	1988/02/05	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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