Ship

M.V. Chippewa

CHIPPEWA - Monrovia, Liberia Call sign - ELAT7 IMO number - 8000264
Owner - Hope Crown Shipping Corporation (Sun Oil Company Inc., U.S.A.)

Location - Secured alongside the T.W.T. docks in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Photograph Date - October 1986
Last updated - 27 Mar 2003

SHIP'S HISTORY

Ordered - December 1979
Keel laid - June 1980
Launched - October 1980
Delivered - April 1981

(a) Suncor Chippewa - Liberia (1983)
(b) Chippewa - Liberia (1995)
(c) Jhulelal - India

As of March 2003 Jhulelal was still in service

5/6/05 recently sold for scrap

PARTICULARS

Ship type - Oil & chemical tanker
Gross tonnage - 13,279
Net tonnage - 5,980
Deadweight tonnage - 20,000
L.O.A. - 154.01 meters
L.B.P. - 145.01 meters
Width overall - 22.74 meters
Width moulded - 22.71 meters
Draught - 9.67 meters
Depth - 13.82 meters
Number of cargo tanks - 16
Number of cargo pumps -
Fitted to carry 6 grades of product at one time
Tank volume - 24,084 cubic meters
Cranes (hose handling) - 2 (5 tonne)

CONSTRUCTION

Builder - Hayashikane Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd.
Country - Shimonoseki, Japan
Hull number - 1243
Engine builder - Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
Country - Tamano, Japan
Number of engines - 1
Engine type - B&W 6L55GFC diesel
Fuel - Heavy fuel oil & diesel oil
Horsepower - 8,040 bhp or 5,914 kW
Speed - 14 knots
Propeller - 1 fixed pitch
Bow thuster - none
Steering gear - standard rudder

IMO No: 8000264     Year: 1981
Name: SUNCOR CHIPPEWA     Launch Date: 10/1980
Type: Tanker     Date of completion: 4/1981
Flag: LBR
Tons: 11781
DWT: 20000     Yard No: 1243
Length overall: 154.0
LPP: 145.0
Beam: 22.7     Builder: Hayashikane
Location of yard: Shimonoseki
Number of
screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 1D-14.5
Subsequent History: 83 CHIPPEWA - 95 JHULELAL - 04 LAL
Disposal Data: Broken up Alang 8/24/2004

Photo credit: http://www.wellandcanal.ca/