LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) vessel “Golden Bear” at Kobe, Japan, October 1972
Owner: Pacific Far East Line, San Francisco
Port of registry: San Francisco
Builder: Avondale Shipyards Inc., Avondale, Louisiana
Gross tons: 26,456
Deadweight: 29,820
Length overall: 235.3 m
Max. draft: 10.7 m
Engines: 2 x steam turbines geared to 1 screw, total 32,000 s.h.p., by De Laval Turbine Inc., Tranton, New Jersey
Service speed: 22.5 knots
Capacity: 43 x 380-ton capacity barges + 335 t.e.u.
Completed 1971
Sold 1975 to Farrell Lines Inc., USA, retaining name
Converted to full containership 1977
Sold 1979 to American President Lines Inc., renamed “President Grant”
Sold 1996 to Matson Navigation Inc., San Francisco, renamed “Chief Gado”
Sold 2006 for scrapping at Chittagong, Bngladesh; renamed “Chief” for delivery voyage.