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S.S.ANKARA / Ex. SOLACE (Pearl Harbour) - IMO 5018131

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Photographer:M.Ender Ozer [View profile]Title:S.S.ANKARA / Ex. SOLACE (Pearl Harbour)Added:Mar 11, 2006
Captured:IMO:5018131Hits:4,166
Photo Category: Scrapyard Ships
Description:
She had emotional days at Pearl harbor (As hospital vessel S.S.Solace)
Seen here (Demolition yard, Aliaga - Turkey, 1981) at her last days as S.S.ANKARA

built: 1927
gross tons: 6178
Vessel Identification
Name:Ankara
IMO:5018131
Last known flag:TURKEY
Former name(s):
- Solace (not Yet Confirmed)
- Iroquois (not Yet Confirmed)
Technical Data
Vessel type:Cargo
Gross tonnage:6,179 tons
Summer DWT:3,071 tons

Administrative Information
Status:Dead
Build year:1927
Builder*:Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News Va, U.s.a.
Owner:-
AIS Information
AIS information: N/A
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Photo Comments (3)

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rvandenbrul on May 09, 2011 03:14 (9 months ago)
My father was a seaman on the Solace with his twin brother.
They were at Pearl Harbor and witnessed the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941. They are alive and old. They still talk about their WWII service.
rvandenbrul on May 09, 2011 03:14 (9 months ago)
My father was a seaman on the Solace with his twin brother.
They were at Pearl Harbor and witnessed the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941. They are alive and old. They still talk about their WWII service.
Gerolf Drebes on Dec 25, 2009 10:23 (2 years ago)
IMO and some data added
Gerolf, admin scrapyard ships
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