Ship Details |
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RagnaPhoto Credit: Fishermen Publishing Society online UBC archive BC_1532_683_1 |
Registry #1 | 156612 (Canada) | Registry #2 | (US Navy) | Registry #3 | |
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1917 | Ramona (U.S.S.) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 1919c | Ramona (II) | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | 1929 | Ragna | Name 8 | ||
Name 4 | 1949c | Great Northern I | Name 9 | ||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1917 | Place | Mare Island | Area | CA | Country | USA |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 94.5' x 16.0' x 8.6' |
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Builder | U.S. Navy Yard (Mare Island CA) | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Wood | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | 85.6 | Type 1 | Submarine chaser |
Registered Tonnage | 52.27 | Type 2 | Work boat |
Engine | 190hp diesel engine (1917) | Engine Manufacture | (nk) |
Repower | Propulsion | Screw | |
Rebuilds | She was rebuilt at Vancouver BC. | Call Sign | |
Pendant # | Masters | Captain George W. Skinner (1939) |
Owner(s) |
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In 1917 she was owned by United States Navy as a submarine chaser. In 1929-1930 she was a cargo carrier she was owned by Pacific & Foreign Navigation Co., Vancouver BC. In 1931 she was owned by Atlantic & Pacific Navigation Co., Vancouver BC. In 1949-1962 she was owned by Francis Millerd & Co. Ltd., West Vancouver BC. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1962-00-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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Fraser Miles reported her to have operated in the rum running trade and this vessel was equiped with a 450bhp and reports her as being Mexican Registry as Ramona. On December 15 this vessel collided with the passenger vessel Lady Cecilia near Point Atkinson. There were no injuries on either vessel. On July 26, 1962 while enroute to Vancouver this vesselran aground and was wrecked at Smiths Inlet BC. |
References |
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Canada List of Shipping; Harbour & Shipping (Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.) Vol. 13 (1930); Miles, Fraser (1992); Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Monday January 8, 1940 page 5; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Friday December 15, 1944 page 1; Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo BC) Saturday July 21, 1962 page 2; |
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