Ship Details

Anna B (II)

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Registry #1 193790 (Canada) Registry #2 257348 (US) Registry #3 APC.22 (US Navy)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 APc-22 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1949 Stormbird Name 7
Name 3 1951 La Dene (I) Name 8
Name 4 1963 Anna B (II) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place East Boothbay Area ME Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 98.2' x 21.6' x 9.5'
Builder Hodgdon Bros. Shipyard Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 176 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 120 Type 2
Engine 400 bhp Imperial Atlas 6-cylinder (13" x 16") (1943) Engine Manufacture Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Co. Oakland CA USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CY2963; WC5710
Pendant  # APC.22 Masters Lt. (jg) Verey G. Martin Jr. USNR (1943);
 
Owner(s)
In 1943 she was a commissioned US Navy vessel of the Coastal Transport (small) APc-1 class. In 1947 she was owned by the US Department of the Interior.In 1950-1951 she was owned by Gerald Oaksmith Seattle WA USA. In 1951-1962 she was owned by Vancouver Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver. In 1962 she was owned by Vancouver Barge Transportation Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1962 she was owned by West Coast Salvage and Contracting Co, Vancouver BC. In 1963 she was owned by Oran A Diamond Juneau AK USA.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1963-08-28
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
A 1960 court decision held the vessel’s master liable for the 1957 sinking of a Marwell Equipment Ltd dredge as a result of a collision in the Fraser River. this vessel was purchased by Oran Diamond of California in 1962 for a cruise to Alaska and renamed as the Anna B. this vessel foundered on June 6,1963 at False Pass AK USA.
 
References
Image La Dene, City of Vancouver Archives, AM782-6, Neg #585; Canada List of Shipping; Personal Email Communication (George Duddy - John MacFarlane 18/10/2013); Archived Vancouver ship registry documents LAC Burnaby BC Vol 20 Folio 367; Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada, The Marine Digest(June 22,1963); Greg H. William - World War II US Navy Vessels in Private Hands; George Duddy (2016);
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