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From: William Lafferty
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Date: 11.28.06
Time: 11:16:20 AM
*Redstone* 247766. Steel single-screw T2-SE-A1 tanker, launched 25 April 1945 at Chester, PA, by the Sun SB&DDCo. as hull no. 469 for the War Shipping Administration. 504 x 68.2 x 39.2; 10296 gt, 6154 nt; steam turbine-electric drive, built by Elliott Co., two babcock & Wilcox water tube boilers, 7240-shp. Operated by Trinidad Corporation. Sold 1958 to the Pochahantas SSCo., Salem, MA, and converted to a self-unloading bulk carrier. Widened, lengthened, and deepened with a new 107' midbody, New News SB&DDCo.: 613.3 x 75.1 x 47.7; 16304 gt, 12003 nt. Renamed and redocumented *Consolidation Coal* 277514. Later *Lumber Queen* (1969), *American Wheat* (1972), *American Bear* (1975), and *Point Susan* (1977). Broken up at Gadani Beach, 1984.
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