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Delta Transporter Photo Credit: Unknown

Ship Details

Delta Transporter

Photo Credit: Unknown

Registry #1	345139 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#	8745307	MMSI#		VRN#

Name 1	1970	Takla Transporter	Name 6
Name 2	1974	Delta Transporter	Name 7
Name 3	1986	Inlet Transporter II	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

Year Built	1970	Place	New Westminster	Area	BC	Country	Canada

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	70.0' x 22.1' x 4.7'
Builder	John Manly Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Freighter
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	2-140bhp diesel engines (1970)	Engine Manufacture	General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds	In 1974 she was rebuilt at Vancouver BC 27.43m x 10.09m x 1.43m 113gt 62rt	Call Sign
Pendant #		Masters

Owner(s)
In 1970-1972 she was owned by Fort Navigation Ltd., Fort St. James BC Canada. In 1973 she was owned by Fort Navigation Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1973-1982 she was owned by Arctic Navigation and Transportation Ltd., Calgary AB Canada. In 1983-1985 she was owned by Rivtow Industries Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1986-2024 she was owned by Inlet Navigation (1985) Ltd., Campbell River BC Canada.

Fate	Afloat in 2024	Date	0000-00-00

Named Features
Significance of Name

Anecdotes
Hans Elfert (Email to Nauticapedia 18/06/2018) states that "In 1974 I was working as cook/deckhand on tugboats for Rivtow Straits out of Prince Rupert. In the spring of that year I was asked if I would like to go to the arctic that summer as Rivtow was starting up an arctic subsidiary called Arctic Navigation and Transportation Ltd. Some time in late May early June I found myself in Hay River where the Takla Transporter that had just been trucked up from Takla Lake was lying in two pieces on the beach. We were frantically engaged in joining the two halves back together with a ten foot wide section added to the middle to make her wider. It was here where the Takla Transporter became the Delta Transporter. The work, though amazingly fast, was not done in time to join the rest of the flotilla rafted up and heading down the river after breakup. As a result we ended up heading down the 1,700 km river to the Beaufort Sea by ourselves with just the four man crew. Our job in the Beaufort Sea was to lighter cargo to the oil rig islands in shallower water."

Anecdotes

Hans Elfert (Email to Nauticapedia 18/06/2018) states that "In 1974 I was working as cook/deckhand on tugboats for Rivtow Straits out of Prince Rupert. In the spring of that year I was asked if I would like to go to the arctic that summer as Rivtow was starting up an arctic subsidiary called Arctic Navigation and Transportation Ltd. Some time in late May early June I found myself in Hay River where the Takla Transporter that had just been trucked up from Takla Lake was lying in two pieces on the beach. We were frantically engaged in joining the two halves back together with a ten foot wide section added to the middle to make her wider. It was here where the Takla Transporter became the Delta Transporter. The work, though amazingly fast, was not done in time to join the rest of the flotilla rafted up and heading down the river after breakup. As a result we ended up heading down the 1,700 km river to the Beaufort Sea by ourselves with just the four man crew. Our job in the Beaufort Sea was to lighter cargo to the oil rig islands in shallower water."

References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11863/449?r=0&s=5 ;
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