Gross Tonnage:	7,211	Net:	4,420
Dimensions:	422.8 x 57.0 x 34.8	MC Type:	EC2-S-C1
Builder:	New England S.B. Corp. Portland, ME	Hull # USMC Hull # Date of Build: Delivered:	3043 3043 1944 8/44
Engines:	T.3 Cy 24 1/2", 37" & 70' - 48"	Engine Builder:	General Machinery Corp. Hamilton, Ontario
Navigation:	DF, ESD, GYC, RADAR	Decks, etc.:	2 Decks, Fitted for Oil Fuel, Cruiser Stern

Began SM Service:

1947

Ended SM Service:

1954

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

Date	Vessel #	Vessel Name	Vessel Owner	Call Ltrs	Home Port	Flag
1944	246124	Joseph N. Dinand	US War Shipping Administration	WRGX	Portland, ME	USWB
1946	246124	Joseph N. Dinand	US Maritime Commission	WRGX	Portland, ME	US
1947	246124	Wolverine State	States Marine Corp. New York	WRGX	New York	US
1947	246124	Wolverine State	States Marine Corp. of Delaware New York	WRGX	Wilmington	US
1950	246124	Wolverine State	States Marine Corp. of Delaware Wilmington, DE	WRGX	Wilmington	US
1954	493	Omnium Trader	Omnium Steamship Co. New York	ELPH	Monrovia	Liberian
1958	493	Dana	Cia Nav Hondurena S.A. c/o Grauds Shipping Ltd. Ft. Lauderdale, FL	ELPH	Monrovia	Liberian
1959	246124	Pacific Venture	Dana SS Corp. New York	WRGX	New York	US
1960	246124	Village	Consolidated Mariners, Inc. New York	WRGX	New York	US
1963	246124	Village	U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DC	WRGX	New York	US

Events:
1946: U.S. Maritime Commission
1947: Sold to States Marine Corp., renamed WOLVERINE STATE.
1954: Sold to Omnium Steamship Co., renamed OMNIUM TRADER.
1958: Sold to Cia Nav Hondurena S.A., renamed DANA.
1959: Sold to Dana SS Corp., renamed PACIFIC VENTURE.
1960: Sold to Consolidated Mariners Inc., renamed VILLAGE.
1963: Returned to U.S. Govenment under Ship Exchange Act, in exchange for Victory Ship BARTLESVILLE VICTORY. Later transferred to U.S. Navy for disposal and scuttled.

Disposition Date

Comments

1964

After transfer to the U.S. Navy this vessel was loaded at the U.S. Naval Ammunition Pier at Earle, New Jersey with 7,348 tons of obsolete ammunition and other assorted cargo. Towed to the deep water dumping site on September 17, 1964, she sank some 3 1/2 hours after her seacocks were opened. Five minutes after she sank three violent explosions were heard and felt and and oil slick and debris came to the surface, and it was obvious that her cargo had detonated as a result of pressure or from impact. These explosions were sufficient to make seismic recordings all over the world and, as a result, the U.S. Naval Research Office decided that certain future scuttlings would be used as scientific experiments.

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.