Ship Details

Trucilla (I)

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Registry #1 150650 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1918 SC-310 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1923 Trucilla (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 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 85 Type 1 Patrol vessel
Registered Tonnage 46 Type 2 Tug
Engine 3-220bhp 6-cylinder gasoline engine (1918) Engine Manufacture Standard Motor Construction Co.
Repower 135bhp 16-cylinder Standard Motor Co. (Diesel).(1923) Propulsion 3 Screws
Rebuilds Call Sign GTQH
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1918 she was a a wooden US Navy sub-chaser. She was sold 4 February 1922 to M. Chechik of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 1922-1924 she was owned by Coal Harbour Wharf and Trading Company, Limited, Vancouver, B.C. In 1923 she was operated by the Vancouver Courtenay Transportation Co. Ltd. As a tug. In 1930 she was owned by Vancouver Barge Transportation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1939 she was owned by the Vancouver Tug Boat Co. Ltd. In 1941-1945 she was owned by Vancouver Barge & Transportation Co Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1949-1958 she was owned by Vancouver Barge & Transportation Co Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1958 she was owned by Raymond Lawrence, Vancouver BC. In 1959-1962 she was owned by Laurence A. Beale, New Westminster BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
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Anecdotes
This vessel is listed as an 'early' rum runner. This vessel is reported to have returned to legitimate trade by August 1924. (Miles, Fraser (1992)). This vessel went ashore on Cape Lazo BC and was refloated by the Pacific Salvage Co. salvage barge Giant. On 14/04/1962 this vessel was scuttled in Indian Arm, Burrard Inlet BC. The Subchaser Archives also report that "SC 310 served in Alaskan waters, during and after the war. A short New York Times article dated 21 June 1919 reports the following: "Juneau, Alaska, June 21. - Submarine Chaser SC 310 was ordered by Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., to the vicinity of Yukutat Village to quell a reported native uprising today..."
 
References
Isenor, D.E., W.N. McInnis, E.G. Stephens and D.E. Watson. (1987); Canada List of Shipping; Miles, Fraser (1992); http://www.subchaser.org/sc310; http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/150310.htm; The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Page 349);
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