| Sun Ship Hull #: | 677 | Contract Date: | |
| Keel Laid: | 3/10/1978 | Time on Ways (M/D): | 17/17 |
| Date Delivered: | 7/26/1980 | Time in Wet Basin (M/D): | |
| Total Time Bldg.: | Promised Delivery Date: | ||
| D.W.T.: | 31,000 | Propulsion: | Sulzer Diesel RND-76M |
| H.P.: | Speed: | 15.5 | |
| Sponsor: | Delivery Price: | $36 mil | |
| Bbls. Capacity: | 247,781 | Launch Date: | 7/24/1980 |
| Previous Owner: | Previous Name: | ||
| Date Purchased: | Date Sold: |
1997 | |
| Subsequent Owner: | Maritrans | Subsequent Name: | Perseverance |
| Sold 2007 | France | ||
| Length Ft.: | 580 | Beam Ft.: | 90 |
| Depth Ft.: | 49'6" | Class: | ABS |
| Scrapped: | Chittagong 03/20/2007 | ||
| IMO Number: | 7728704 |
Classification society, American Bureau of Shipping. Built in 1981 in Chester (United
States) by Sun Shipbuilding Inc. Owned by Maritrans Operating Company (United
States). Detained in 2007 in Marsaxlokk (Malta). On the European Maritime Safety
Agency (EMSA) list of single hull tankers banned from transporting heavy fuel in
European waters since 2005. Sold for demolition to Bangladesh she arrived under the
name of France after passing from the flag of the United States to Tuvalu.
Denise came to Portland, Oregon to visit me at the Dillingham shipyard in 1984.
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Here she is as the France. Pictures are by Joseph Schwartzstein
