Gross Tonnage:	10,435	Net:	6,918
Dimensions:	508.0 x 68.2 x 31.1	MC Type:
Builder:	A/B Gotaverken Goteborg, Sweden	Hull # USMC Hull # Date of Build: Delivered:	1963 1963
Engines:	Oil 2SA 8 Cy. 760 x 1500 mm, 7500 bhp	Engine Builder:	A/B Gotaverken Goteborg, Sweden
Navigation:	DF, ESD, GC, RDR, RT	Decks, etc.:	2 Decks, 3rd Deck in Nos. 3 & 4 Holds

Began SM Service:

1969

Ended SM Service:

1972

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

Date	Vessel #	Vessel Name	Vessel Owner	Call Ltrs	Home Port	Flag
1963		Vikara	Skibs A/S Skagerak Oslo, Norway	JXUB	Oslo	Norwegian
1969	520098	Sunshine State	States Marine Lines, Inc. (DE) New York	WEUD	New York	US
1972	4057	Oswego Tapper	Oswego Latex Carrier Corp. c/o Marine Transport Lines, Inc. New York	5MRY	Monrovia	Liberian
1980	4057	Oswego Tapper	L & C Marine Transport Ltd. c/o Firestone Natural Rubber & Latex Co. Akron, Ohio	5MRY	Monrovia	Liberian
1980	1061	Union Darwin	Union President's Marine Corp. S.A. (H.K.) An Hsing Navigation Co., Ltd. Taipei, Taiwan	H8YH	Panama	Panamanian
1983	1061	Ropi	Haddock Marine Corp.		Panama	Panamanian

Events:
1969: Sold to States Marine Lines, renamed SUNSHINE STATE.
1/72: Sold to Oswego Latex Carrier Corp., renamed OSWEGO TAPPER.
1980: Sold to L & C Marine Transport Ltd.
1980: Sold to Union President's Marine Corp. S.A. of Taiwan, renamed UNION DARWIN.
12/83: Sold to Haddock Marine Corp., renamed ROPI.

Disposition Date	Comments
1984	Sold by Haddock Marine Corp. to Taiwan Shipbreakers, arriving Kaohsiung 1/13/84, having borne the name ROPI about 6 weeks. Nan Sin Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd. began work 1/26/84.

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.