10,947 grt; 9,181 dwt.
Operator: Sea-Land Service Inc, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Built: 1944 by Kaiser Co Inc, Vancouver, Washington, USA. Yard no 503.
Propulsion: two steam turbines BY Joshua Hendy Ironworks, Sunnyvale, California, with a combined output of 9,900 shp (total). Speed 17 knots.
Built for US Maritime Commission as World War 2 Standard Design C4-S-A3 troop transport MARINE CARDINAL.
1965-sold to Litton Industries Inc and converted to dry cargo ship.
1967-sold/converted to containership and renamed BALTIMORE (as photo)
1970-the aft section as photographed here was joined to a new forward and cargo section built by Todd Shipyards Corp, San Pedro, California, renamed SAN PEDRO . Meanwhile, the forward and cargo sections as in this photo, were joined to the aft section of the former T2 tanker ROANOKE (ex ESSO ROANOKE) and retained the name BALTIMORE but took the LR/IMO number of ROANOKE (5297373).
1988-(May) SAN PEDRO (ex-BALTIMORE) arrived breakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
1985-BALTIMORE (ex-ROANOKE) arrived breakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan 24/5.
Anybody confused?
Photo: 12/7/1968, departing Rotterdam.