Sea Witch (container ship)
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For other ships with the same name, see Sea Witch (disambiguation).
Sea Witch was a MARAD Type C5-S-73b container ship built at the Bath Iron Works shipyard for American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines. She operated in the Atlantic trades for five years. So engaged on the evening of June 1, 1973, the vessel was involved in a disastrous collision with the oil tanker Esso Brussels in lower New York Harbor and was damaged so badly that she was removed from active service.
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Name | Sea Witch |
Owner | American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines |
Port of registry | |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME |
Yard number | BIW 354 |
Launched | 1968 |
Completed | September 4, 1968 |
In service | September 4, 1968 |
Out of service | June 2, 1973 |
Identification | IMO number: 6806444 |
Fate | Damaged by collision and fire, removed from service. |
Status | Salvaged, with engineering spaces re-used in the construction of S/S Chemical Pioneer |
Name | Chemical Pioneer |
Owner | USCS Chemical Pioneer LLC |
Operator | USS Vessel Management LLC |
Port of registry | |
In service | 1985 |
Identification |
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Status | Active (En route to India for Scrapping (December 2021) |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sea Witch Class C5-S-73B container ship |
Tonnage | 17,900 |
Length | 610 ft (190 m)[1] |
Beam | 76 ft (23 m) |
Draft | 35 ft (11 m) |
Installed power | 17,500 shp (13,000 kW) |
Propulsion | Two General Electric geared turbines, two boilers |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Capacity | 928 TEUs |
Crew | 40 |
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