Ship Details

Norcrest

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Photo Credit: Fishermen Publishing Society online UBC archive 1-0010294

 
 
Registry #1 178240 (Canada) Registry #2 AMC.99 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 AMc-99 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Norcrest Name 7
Name 3 1963 Ernest Todd Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place San Francisco Area CA Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 92.4' x 21.4' x 9.0'
Builder Anderson & Cristofani Measurement (metric) 28m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 149 Type 1 Fishboat, seiner
Registered Tonnage 85 Type 2 Fishpacker
Engine 350hp engine (1942) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VYPX
Pendant  # AMC.99 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942-1945 she was owned by the US Navy. In 1947 she was owned by North Shore Packing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1947-1963 she was owned by Seymour Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1963-1975 she was owned by J.H. Todd & Sons Ltd., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1975-04-02
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was an Accentor Class minesweeper. On March 19, 1975 this vessel foundered while enroute to Vancouver with a cargo of herring, three miles SSW of Pachena Point and was a total loss.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Palm, R.S. (1978); George Duddy (2016); 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_t11861/341?r=0&s=5 ;
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