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Description:
11,194 grt; 13,757 dwt; part-refrigerated (1,337 cu m).
Operator: United States Lines Inc, New York.
Built: 1963 by Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy, Maine, USA. Yard no. 1688. LR/IMO no..
Machinery: two Bethlehem Steel steam turbines of 22,500 shp (total); Speed: 22 knots.
Built as AMERICAN CONTENDER (Type C4-S-57a)
1967-Renamed PIONEER CONTENDER
1981-laid-up in US Reserve Fleet, James River, Virginia.
1988-to breakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, arrived 25/3.
Photo: departing Tilbury Dock, Port of London 24/5/1979 after discharging cargo which probably would have consisted largely of supplies for US Air Force bases in the UK.
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General cargo ships built 1960-1969 (Over 3000gt) - 4 photos
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