Ship Details |
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Storis (U.S.C.G.C.)Photo Credit: Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society (5863-1) |
Registry #1 | WMEC.38 (USCG) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1942 | Storis (U.S.C.G.C..) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | Name 7 | ||||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1942 | Place | Toledo | Area | OH | Country | USA |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 230' x 43' x 15' |
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Builder | Todd Shipyard Corporation | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | 1925 |
Gross Tonnage | Type 1 | Icebreaker | |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | ||
Engine | 3 GM ElectroMotive 645E6 diesel electric engines | Engine Manufacture | General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA |
Repower | Propulsion | Screw | |
Rebuilds | Call Sign | ||
Pendant # | WMEC.38 | Masters | Captain H. L. Wood USCG (1957) |
Owner(s) |
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In 1942-1957 she was owned by the United States Coast Guard. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 0000-00-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name | Storis is an Icelandic word describing pack ice that is more than two years old and that moves along the western coast of Greenland. |
Anecdotes |
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In 1957 under her Captain H. L. Wood USCG, this vesseltravelled with two other vessels as a Coast Guard Squadron, in a West to East Transit of the Northwest Passage (First US Vessels to Transit). This vessel had two AN/SPS-64 Surface Search Radars |
References |
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MacFarlane, J.M. (1992) Northwest Passage Challengers. In Resolution. Spring Issue. Maritime Museum of British Columbia |
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