Ship Details

La Gloria

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Photo Credit: John Henderson

 
 
Registry #1 194690 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 99223
 
Name 1 1943 SC-990 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1952 La Gloria Name 7
Name 3 1952 Randy Name 8
Name 4 1969c G.N. Carrier Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place San Francisco Area CA Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 108.3' x 18.3' x 9.4'
Builder George W. Kneass Co., San Francisco CA Measurement (metric) 33m x 5.6m x 2.9m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 128 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 87 Type 2 Barge, cargo
Engine 800hp engine (1943) Engine Manufacture General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA
Repower Her engine was removed Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was rebuilt as a non-powered barge 116gt 116rt Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1943-1952 she was owned by the US Navy. In 1952-1953 she was owned by Andrew G. Tulloch and Donald A. Bervin, Vancouver BC. In 1953-1965 she was owned by Tulloch Western Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC (on charter to Dola Towing for Squamish PGE Rail barges) In 1965 she was owned by Blueline Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1965 she was owned by Wesley H. Parry (MO), Burnaby BC. In 1965-1967 she was owned by Georgia Shipping Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1968-1981 she was owned by Francis Millerd and Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1982-2008 she was owned by Jerome L. Davis, West Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2008-03-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On July 16, 1965 this vessel was destroyed by fire in Howe Sound BC and was declared a total loss but was later salvaged and rebuilt.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 3; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11923/1048?r=0&s=4 ;
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