Containership “Oriental Comet” at Yokohama. late May 1971
Owner: Transpacific Container Services Ltd., Monrovia (C.Y. Tung's Orient Overseas Group)
Flag: Liberia
Builder: Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland
Gross tons: 7,638
Deadweight: 10,749
Length overall: 138.75 m
Max. draft: 8.7 m
Engines; 2 steam turbines geared to single shaft, 8,500 s.h.p., by General Electric Corp., Lynn, Massachussets
Speed: 16.5 knots
Completed October 1945 for the US War Shipping Administration as AP3 “Victory” type general cargo ship “Jackson Victory” (managers Alaska Packers)
Sold 1948 to American President Lines, San Francisco, renamed “President Harding”
Sold 1962 to Explorer Ships Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, renamed “Smith Explorer”
1965: renamed “US Explorer” (same owner)
Sold 1967 to A.E.C. Shipping Corp., Wilmington, retaining of name
Bought 1969 by Orient Overseas; converted to containership at Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co., Hong Kong (completed January 1970).
Transferred ownership to Universal Enterprise Inc., Liberia, 1972 & renamed “Oriental Charger”.
Sold December 1976 for scrapping at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.