Name of ship : NEW RIVER
Call Sign : KAQL
MMSI : 367192000
Gross tonnage : 23538
DWT : 39483
Type of ship : Chemical/Oil Products Tanker
Year of build : 1960
Flag : U.S.A.

Outbound passing Dockside anchorage, Miss. River, 12 Dec 2009.

Originally built ad the "Gulf Solar", at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point MD, the fore body was removed and a new double hull was attcahed to the old stern, keeping the original (steam) machinery spaces from 1960. A new accomodation was built on the old stern also.