Containership “American Legacy” at Honmoku Pier, Yokohama, May 1971
Owner: United States Lines Inc., New York
Flag: U.S.A.
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey
Gross tons: 15,854
Deadweight: 15,023
Length overall: 201.52 m
Max. draft: 8.99 m
Engines: 2 steam turbines, total 19,250 s.h.p., geared to 1 shaft, by General Electric Co., Lynn
Speed: 20 knots
Completed August 1954 as general cargo ship “Silver Mariner” (9,230 tons gross) for the U.S. Maritime Commission
Bought 1956 by US Lines, renamed “Pioneer Ming”
Renamed “American Legacy” 1971; converted to containership (including addition of new cargo section) at Todd Shipyards Corp., Galveston, Texas
Sold March 1986 for scrapping at Castellon, Spain

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