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Mersea, Hope & Spirit of Grace - IMO 8037815

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Photographer:
Jacob Blondahl [ View profile ]
Captured:
Jan 1, 2006
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Mar 3, 2008
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768 x 1,024

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Mersea, Hope and Spirit of Grace, Port Mercy, Lake Charles Louisiana, Jan 01, 2006. WWII vets with no thought of retirement anywhere in sight. Mersea and Hope are both disaster response vessels (Former USCG 180'Bouy Tenders), Built in 1943 in Duluth Minnesota. Spirit of Grace is a Knot Class Vessel, a 5,000 ton general cargo vessel used to transport food and other items to people in need world wide. She was built in 1944 in Superior Wisconsin as USS Pembina then in 1951 renamed as the USNS Pembina. In 1968 she was transfered to the US Army and renamed USAT Resolute. In 1996 she joined Friendships and became the Spirit of Grace. LOA: 344'. All vessels registered in Galveston, Texas and owned and operated by Friendships, a non profit Christian Humanitarian organization. http://www.friendships.org

Mersea IMO: 8966145
Hope: IMO 8991334
Spirit of Grace IMO:8037815

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Current name:
SPIRIT OF GRACE

Former name(s):

 -  Kathleen Pearcy (Until 1992 Jun)

 -  Pembina Ak 200 (Until 1968)

 -  Pembina (Until 1968)

Vessel Type:
Mission Ship
Gross tonnage:
3,813 tons
Summer DWT:
6,045 tons

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Special Purpose Vessels - 11 photos

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General cargo ships built 1940-1949 (Over 3000gt) - 2 photos

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Great photo, thanks for posting it Jacob. I live just a few blocks from where the Pembina / Spirit of Grace was built, and a few miles from the site of the yard that built the 180s. Nice to see these great pieces of my hometown's history afloat together. They've already made one of the 180s a museum in Duluth, and it would be great to have the last (as far as I know) surviving Superior-built Knot class ship return once she's retired.

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The Mersea and Hope look to be former Coast
Guard 180' Buoy tenders.. Funnels even still
have Coast Guard Color's (Buff) God Knows I
painted it enough while I was in the USCG :lol:

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Yes they are. The Mersea was the former USCG Papaw and the Hope was the former USCG Conifer. Both were built in 1943 in Duluth Minnesota and massively upgraded in the 1980's (Papaw, 1989; Conifer, 1983) They are now in service with Friendships as disaster response vessels.

Jacob

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