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Pioneer Crusader - IMO 6404997
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Photographer:Captain Ted [ View profile ]
Title:Pioneer Crusader
Photo Category:Auxiliaries
Added:Sep 22, 2008
Views:2,300
Image Resolution:1,800 x 1,200
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Layed up on Neches River, just before Beaumont, Tx. 03.Sept.08
Anyone can tell me more ?
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Current name:PIONEER CRUSADER
Current flag:U.S.A.
Home port:Norfolk Va
Vessel Type:General Cargo
Gross tonnage:11,230 tons
Summer DWT:13,757 tons
Photos:4 photos by 4 photographers
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General cargo ships built 1960-1969 (Over 3000gt) - 1 photos
Auxiliaries - 3 photos
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very nice!
T-AK-2019
Pioneer Crusader
Keel laid:
1962 as SS [b]American Crusader[/b] at Bethlehem Steel Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA
18-OCT-1963: Delivered to the Maritime Administration, for operation by the United States Lines
later name changed to SS [b]Pioneer Crusader[/b], and assigned to the Military Sealift Commander (MSC) Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF)
When not activated Pioneer Crusader was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Beaumont, TX. and could be activated in 30 days
Downgraded from the Ready Reserve Fleet in 1989
a nice photo when in the service of United States Lines, at Bremerhaven in October 1976 - can be seen here
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/13/132019.htm
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