T/S DETROIT

Built 1940 as SEA ARROW by Moore Drydock Co., San Francisco # 195 for U. S. Maritime Commission, San Francisco
GRT 7737
1940 TANGIER U. S. Navy (AV-8) acquired on completion
1941 Completed conversion to seaplane tender, laid up from Jan. 1947
1961 Sold Nov 1961 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for demolition re-sold
1962 DETROIT Beauregard, Inc., Wilmington, Del. [Sea-Land Service, Inc.] conv. to auto carrier 10,391 grt
1964 DETROIT Litton Industries Leasing Corp., Wilmington, Del. [Sea-Land Service, Inc.]
1974 Demolished at Valencia in December.

This photo is taken at Rotterdam, Waalhaven 1964

Infomation concerning vessel's history is thanks to Wm.A. Schell
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