Ship Details
Northern Girl (I) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	192495 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#	99005

 

Name 1	1943	APc-50 (U.S.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1950	Northern Girl (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1965	Loughborough Princess	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	San Diego	Area	CA	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	98.7' x 21.5' x 9.4'
Builder	Lynch Shipbuilding Co.	Measurement (metric)	30.08m x 6.55m x 2.87m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	169.24	Type 1	Warship
Registered Tonnage	115.08	Type 2	Freighter
Engine	400hp engine (1943)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 340bhp diesel engine (2004c)	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1943-1948 she was owned by the US Navy as a Coastal Transport (Small) Apc-1 class vessel.. In 1948 she was owned by United States Maritime Commission. In 1950-1959 she was owned by Jure Vukic (MO) and John Mijacika. In 1959-1965 she was owned by Mrs. Louise Vukic (MO) and the heirs of Jure Vukic and John Mijacika. In 1965-1970 she was owned by Loggers Freight Services Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1970-1989 she was owned by Coastal Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1989-2008 she was owned by Vallee-Viking Ventures Ltd., Rosedale BC.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2008-03-10

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

Jure Vukic and John Mijacika both died in seperate incidents at sea. George Duddy writes (Email to Nauticapedia 05/10/2014) "Her APc number is not identified in the registration documents but this vesselcan only be one of two vessels, ex APc-47 or APc-50, as the others are all accounted for. This vessel is probably APc-50 as this vessel was delivered to a Seattle firm after the war while APc-47 was delivered to a US Cdr. Arthur A. Anderson in Sacramento. Under Coastal Towing Co. Ltd ownership after 8 July 1970, the vessel's name was changed to Loughborough Princess on 12 February 1971. According to advice provided by Bill New a principal of the company, extensive modifications were made to the upper works of the vessel to accommodate their freighting operations. The bulwarks were cut down and the pilot house was moved to the rear of the vessel to facilitate use of fork-lifts on an enlarged deck. They also made two engine changes, the first from the original General Motors power to a turbo-charged Rolls Royce and in 1978 a change was back to a General Motors 12 cylinder unit. this engine was removed when they sold the vessel in 1989. It was understood that the new owners were making plans "to sail" the vessel to the Philippines. No evidence has surfaced if this had ever happened."

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; View of the Northern Girl, UBC Library Digital Collection Image BC 1532/904/1, with permission from Fisherman Publishing Society; Transport Canada Vessel Registration Query System, Canada List of Shipping; shipscribe.com and Archived Vancouver ship registry documents LAC Burnaby B.C.
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