Ship Details

Etta Mac

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Registry #1 150649 (Canada) Registry #2 SC.293 (US Navy) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1918 SC-293 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1931c Etta Mac Name 7
Name 3 1952 Grant Lindsay Name 8
Name 4 1965 Debbie Kathleen K. Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1918 Place Bremerton Area WA Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 105.3' x 14.6' x 7.9'
Builder U.S. Navy Yard (Bremerton WA) Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 84.8 Type 1 Submarine chaser
Registered Tonnage 22 Type 2 Fishboat, general
Engine 7nhp steam engine (1918) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower In 1936 she was re-powered with a 275hp Winton diesel engine and three 450hp Liberty gasoline engines (suitable for rum running). After her rum running she was re-engined. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VGWF
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1918 she was owned by United States Navy. In 1922-1923 she was owned by Coal Harbour Wharf & Trading Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1923-1930 as a tug she was operated by the Vancouver Courtenay Transportation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1930 she was owned by Harry W. Colgan, Vancouver BC and Wellington Braton, Vancouver BC. In 1930 she was owned by George M. Lindsay, Vancouver BC. In 1930-1962 she was owned by Vancouver Barge Transportation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1962 she was owned by Vancouver Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1962-1963 she was owned by West Coast Salvage & Contracting Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1963-1964 she was owned by Coast Marine Towing & Salvage Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1964 she was owned by Clifford Olsen (MO), Richmond BC. In 1964-1967 she was owned by Phillip G. Grant, Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1967-02-16
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
As the Etta Mac this vessel was reported to have operated as a rum runner. In 1924 this vesseloperated in service between Courtenay BC and Vancouver BC. In 1944 this vessel sank off Ten Mile Point and was salvaged by the RCN crane and derrick barge B.D. 6. On January 07, 1967 this vessel was destroyed by fire caused by a short-circuited battery and sank while at anchor at Gambier Island BC and was a total loss.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Isenor, D.E., W.N. McInnis, E.G. Stephens and D.E. Watson. (1987); Miles, Fraser (1992); Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Page 349); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); The Dockyard News July 1960; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11925/387?r=0&s=4 ; The province (Vancouver BC) Tuesday January 24, 1967 page 16;
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