| 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. |
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