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Z-ET1-S-C3 LibertyTankers built by Delta Shipbuilding, New Orleans, LA.
Lafcadio Hearn
Z-ET1-S-C3

The Miramar Ship Index for
LAFCADIO HEARN
IDNo / IMO
5157602     =     MCE-1740
Year
1943
Name
LAFCADIO HEARN
Flag
USA
Owner
U. S. War Shipping Administration, New Orleans. (Tankers Corp., New Orleans, La.)
Type
Tanker
Tons
7176
DWT
14245
LOA
147.37
LPP
126.80
Beam
17.34
Dept
11.38
Draft
8.41
Machinery
1T-11
Power
2500
ShipDesign
Z-ET1-S-C3
Builder
Delta Shipbuilding Co.
Yard
New Orleans, La.
Yard No
70
Country built
USA
Keel
07.06.1943
Launch
31.07.1943
Completed
28.09.1943
Subsequent History
1946 LAFCADIO HEARN - Transferred to Reserve Fleet. (Turtle River), Brunswick, Ga.
1947 LAFCADIO HEARN - S. Atlantic SS Line, Brunswick, Ga.
1947 LAFCADIO HEARN - Transferred to Reserve Fleet. (Wilmington, Nc.).
1948 LAFCADIO HEARN - South Atlantic SS Line, Wilmington, Nc.
1948 LAFCADIO HEARN - Sold to Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., New York, renamed POLARUSOIL.
1948 POLARUSOIL - Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., New York.
1955 Converted to dry cargo vessel by Gibbs Corp., Jacksonville, Fla., 7,158 grt, delivered 04/1955.
1955 MYCENAE - Marathon Cia. de Vapores S.A., Monrovia. [A. Segalas], LIB.
1959 Lengthened 155.9 / 148.5 m, 8588 grt / 12360 dwt.
1960 HYDROUSSA - Marathon Cia. de Vapores S.A., Piraeus, [A. Segalas], GR.
19 64 DROMON - Marathon Cia. de Vapores S.A., Piraeus, [A. Segalas], GR.
1966 MYCENAE - Marathon Cia. de Vapores S.A., Monrovia. [A. Segalas], LIB.
End
1969
Disposal Data
Scrapped At Kaohsiung 1969, arrived 07.11.1969.

"Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
 
"Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
( Copyright Airphoto Malacca )
"Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn" passing Schülp near Rendsburg / Kiel Canal, Germany westbound 1968.
( Photo Copyright Hans-Wilhelm Delfs )
"Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Dromon", ex. "Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
( Copyright Reserved )
"Dromon", ex. "Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Dromon", ex. "Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Dromon", ex. "Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
"Dromon", ex. "Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn".
 "Dromon", ex. "Hydroussa", ex. "Mysenae", ex. "Polarusoil", ex. "Lafcadio Hearn" on approach wall St.Lambert.