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Canmar Explorer If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Registry #1	368962 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1945	Snakehead	Name 6
Name 2	1975	Mary J. (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1976	Canmar Explorer	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1945	Place	Savannah	Area	GA	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	365' x ? x ?
Builder	Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	6751	Type 1	Drill Ship
Registered Tonnage	4060	Type 2
Engine	7 diesel 16 cylinder 1700bhp engines (1945)	Engine Manufacture	Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria IL USA
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1976 she was rebuilt at Galveston TX USA.	Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1975 she was sold by the US Department of Commerce, Washington DC. In 1976-1979 she was owned by Dome Petroleum Ltd., Calgary AB. In 1993 she was owned by Wirana Pte. Ltd. Singapore.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1994-09-02

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel was a type C1-M-AV1 oil drill ship. The 17,400bhp ice breaking tug supply boat Canmar Kigoriak towed theCanmar Explorer out of McKinley Bay in the Canadian Arctic and handed her over to the Russian tug Neftegaz 70 off Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Is., Alaska and continued the tow to the Far East where the drillship will be broken up. Marinelink.com states that "Wirana Pte. Ltd. of Singapore purchased the 376-ft. (115-m) drillship Canmar Explorer from CANMAR. The 17,400-bhp ice-breaking tug supply boatCanmar Kigoriak towed theCanmar Explorer out of McKinley Bay in the Canadian Arctic and handed it over to the Russian tug Neftegaz 70 off Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The Neftegaz 70 continued to tow the Canmar Explorer to the Far East, where it will be broken up. "

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; www.marcon.com; http://www.marinelink.com/article/offshore-oil/international-vessels-canadian-hornbeck-273;
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