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Blue Star's S.S. "Pacific Star" 2 |
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Built: |
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Inc.,
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. |
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ON: |
169784 |
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Dimensions: |
422.8 x
57.0 x 34.8 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross:
7259 Net: 4486 |
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Propulsion: |
Triple
Expansion Steam Engine by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp., Ohio, U.S.A. |
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Type: |
Cargo Liner |
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Launched: |
15/1/1944
(Yard No. 2309) as Samnid by the film star Mary
Pickford, for the United States War Shipping
Administration and bare-boat chartered to the Ministry of War Transport,
London, Blue Star Line appointed managers. |
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Completed: |
01/1944 |
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Purchased: |
28/04/1947
by Blue Star Line Ltd. for £135,000 |
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Handed Over: |
2/07/1947
and renamed Pacific Star for the north Pacific service. |
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Transferred: |
1951 to
Lamport & Holt Line Ltd., Liverpool and renamed Lalande |
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Sold: |
Soc. Anon.
Importazione Carboni e Naviigazione, Italy and renamed Ninfea |
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Sold: |
1959 to
The Peoples Republic of China and renamed Nan Hai 147 |
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Owners restyled: |
China
Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO) |
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Renamed: |
Hong
Qi 147 c.1979 |
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Sister ship: |
Oregon Star 2 / Laplace |
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Pacific Star 2 |
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Links: Pacific Star 1
Pacific Star 3
Pacific Star 4 |
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Updated:
18-02-2008 |
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