ACT 3 / America Star 2

A.C.T.'s S.S. "ACT 3"

Blue Star's M.V. "America Star" 2

The Lone Star - The Last of the Line

Built:

BremerVulkan Schiffbau & Machinenfabrik, Vegesack, Germany

O.N.:

902725

Dimensions:

712'9" x 95'3" x 34'6"

Tonnage:

Gross: 24900

Propulsion:

Two Stal Laval steam turbines by shipbuilder, reduction geared to single shaft

Type:

Refrigerated Modular Containership

Capacity:

1334 teus

Completed:

1971 as ACT 3

Re-engined:

1987 with the Steam plant being removed and diesel engine installed of 17,100 bhp

Transferred:

Nov 1991 to Blue Star Line Ltd. and renamed America Star

Sold:

9/02/1998 to P&O Nedlloyd - Livery and name America Star retained

Arrived:

16/02/03 at Shanghai and handed over 19/02/03 to Chinese shipbreakers for demolition

Sister Ships:

ACT 4 , ACT 5 & Australian Exporter

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ACT 3 as it used to be - 17^th September 1991

ACT 3 - Stern View at Port Chalmers 1981 Photograph © David Shepherd



*America Star* at Wellington Container Terminal 25^th November 1991

Maiden voyage of America Star (2)
25^th November 1991

These superb photographs above were taken by Peter Stacey on 24/25^th November 1991. They show the transformation of the ACT 3 to the America Star and show the very first sailing. The other ship is the Southland Star, she anchored the morning of the 25th. The Southland Star was to supply the funnel paint, so he could get the first photographs he even took funnel paint from the Southland Star by pilot launch.


4^th February 1992		18^th June 2000

18^th June 2000 in Blue Star hull colour
Photographs © Peter Stacey

The America Star continued in service as one of the last four remaining vessels to carry the Blue Star livery, all be it as part of the P&O Nedlloyd group.
She arrived on the 16/02/03 at Shanghai and was handed over to Chinese shipbreakers for demolition on the 19/02/03. So being the last ship in service to carry the Blue Star funnel from the original Blue Star ownership.

The final message from the ship

Pitcairn Island First Day Cover - 8^thJanuary 2003

Issued by the Pitcairn Island Philatelic Bureau

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