Gross Tonnage:	6,103	Net:	3,515
Dimensions:	441.1 x 63.1 x 38.3	MC Type:	C2-S-B1
Builder:	Consolidated Steel Corp. Ltd. Wilmington, CA	Hull # USMC Hull # Date of Build: Delivered:	1358 2817 1946 2/46
Engines:	2 Steam Turbines DR Geared to Single Screw Shaft	Engine Builder:	General Electric Co. Lynn, MA
Navigation:	DF, ESD, GYC	Decks, etc.:	3 Decks, Fitted for Oil Fuel, Cruiser Stern

Began SM Service:

1946

Ended SM Service:

1956

----------------------------------- Vessel History -----------------------------------

Date	Vessel #	Vessel Name	Vessel Owner	Call Ltrs	Home Port	Flag
1946	249027	Messenger (II)	US War Shipping Administration	AOPH	Los Angeles	USWB
1946	249027	Messenger (II)	US Maritime Commission	AOPH	Los Angeles	US
1946	249027	Cotton State	States Marine Corp. New York	AOPH	New York	US
1947	249027	Cotton State	States Marine Corp. of Delaware New York	AOPH	Wilmington	US
1950	249027	Cotton State	States Marine Corp. of Delaware Wilmington, DE	AOPH	Wilmington	US
1956	249027	Alice Brown	Bloomfield Steamship Co. Houston, TX	KFQP	Houston	US
1968	249027	Maury	Crest Overseas Shipping Co.Inc. c/o Management & Shipping Transport Inc. New York	KFQP	New York	US

Events:
1946: U.S. Maritime Commission
1946: Sold to States Marine Corp., renamed COTTON STATE.
1956: Sold to Bloomfield Steamship Co., renamed ALICE BROWN.
2/68: Sold to Crest Overseas Shipping Co. Inc., renamed MAURY.
2/3/69: Grounded at Phan Rang Bay, Vietnam. Refloated with extensive bottom damage. Repairs deferred, the vessel returning to San Francisco where she loaded a final cargo before sailing for Da Nang where she was sold to Taiwan shipbreakers.

Disposition Date	Comments
1969	Sold through Jacques Pierot Jr. & Sons to Taiwan Shipbreakers, arriving Kaohsiung prior to 7/11/69, having left Danang 6/28/69. Scrapped 9/69 Kaohsiung.

The information on this web site is the kind contribution of our Historian, Skip Lewis, © 2003. Skip, whose dad sailed for Isthmian, is an avid collector and researcher of everything Isthmian and States Marine. In his quest, he has used many sources and publications including Lloyd's of London and Imperial Steel by John Atherton.