Ship

S.S. Prince William Sound

Picture courtesy of The John Curdy Collection

Tidbits:

Sun Shipbuilding's Environmental Class ("Ecology Class") of 123,000 DWT tankers built in the 1970s—the Tonsina, Kenai, and Prince William Sound — were built by far-sighted Sun Oil more than ten years before the coming of OPA 90.

Engine room flooded on the Prince William Sound near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico May 9, 1986. Story in Sun R&M publication "Downstream".

Sun Ship Hull #:	667	Contract Date:	12/31/75
Keel Laid:	5/29/74	Time on Ways (M/D):	17/7
Date Delivered:	12/31/75	Time in Wet Basin (M/D):	1/27
Total Time Bldg.:	19/2	Promised Delivery Date:
D.W.T.:	123,997	Propulsion:	stm/turbine
H.P.:	30,000	Speed:	17 knots
Sponsor:	Mrs. Robert Galloway	Delivery Price:	$70.4 m
Bbls. Capacity:

Previous Owner:		Previous Name:
Date Purchased:		Date Sold:
Subsequent Owner:	Alaska Tanker Company	Subsequent Name:	Prince William Sound
Length Ft.:	825'	Beam Ft.:	136'
Depth Ft.:	71'8"	Class:	ABS
		GWT:	60084
IMO Number:	7395349

(Alaska Tanker Company) Prince William Sound being escorted.

Prince Willy at anchor in Port Angeles, Washington

January 29, 2001: Prince William Sound spilled 420 gallons of oil into water near Port Angeles, Washington.

Principal Characteristics
Call Sign	WSDX
Hull Design	Double Hull
Type	Tanker
Builder	Sun S.B & D.D.
Year Built	1975
Registry	United States of America
Classification	American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Length Overall	264.9 meters (869.0 feet)
Beam (Molded)	41.5 meters (136.0 feet)
Depth	21.9 meters (71.7 feet)
Propulsion Unit	Steam Turbine/Single Propeller
Horsepower	30,000 S.H.P.
DWT	125,926 mt
	123,936 LT
GRT	64,340
Draft (Summer Loaded)	16.7 meters (54.9 feet)
Immersion at Summer Loadline	74.7 tons/cm
	244.9 tons/inch
Official Number	570108
LRN	7395349
California COFR	10086-07-01