General cargo ship “Goodyear” leaving Dubai, April 1978
Owner: Singapore Cosmos Shipping Co. (Pte.) Ltd., Singapore
Flag: Singapore
Builder: Pennsylvania Shipyard Inc., Beaumont, Texas (Hull-302)
Gross tons: 5,226
Deadweight: 8,147
Length overall: 125.7 m
Max. draft: 7.563 m
Engines: 2 x 6-cylinder diesels, 4,150 b.h.p., by Nordberg Mfg. Co., Milwaukee; single shaft
Service speed: 14 knots
Completed August 1944 as C1A-type cargo ship “Cape Sebastian” for the US Maritime Commission
Sold February 1947 to Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S, Bergen, Norway, renamed “Eidanger”
Sold June 1965 to K/S Skips A/S Solhav & Co (manager Johannes Solstad) Skudeneshavn, retaining name
Renamed “Solsyn” September 1966
Bought 1972 by Singapore Goodyear Shipping Co. (Pte.) Ltd., Singapore, renamed “Goodyear”
Ownership transferred 1978 to Singapore Cosmos Shipping, retaining name
Sold for scrapping at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, September 1979