Ship Details

Tahsis Chief No. 2

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Photo Credit: John Arnold

 
 
Registry #1 190829 (Canada) Registry #2 YMS.265 (USN Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 25246
 
Name 1 1942 YMS-265 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1949 Tahsis Chief No. 2 Name 7
Name 3 1951 W.F. Gibson Name 8
Name 4 1963 Marjorie Todd Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place North Bend Area OR Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 129.2' x 24.6' x 10.3'
Builder Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding Co. Inc. Measurement (metric) 39.4m x 7.5m x 3.1m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 260.36 Type 1 Minesweeper
Registered Tonnage 177.04 Type 2 Tug
Engine 440hp diesel engine (1942) Engine Manufacture Cooper-Bessemer Corp., Barber NJ
Repower Repowered with a 1200bhp engine (1957c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # YMS.265 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942-1946 she was owned by the US Navy. In 1946-1949 she was owned by William C. Gibson, Vancouver BC. In 1949-1958 she was owned by William C. Gibson, Vancouver BC. In 1961 she was owned by J.H. Todd & Sons Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1967 she was owned by Toddaire Services Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1963-1989 she was owned by British Columbia Packers Ltd., Richmond BC. In 2001-2004 she was owned by BCPL (1999) Ltd., Richmond BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2004-11-22
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
David Bill (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 15/08/2017 states that "Marjorie Todd is rotting away on northcoast, at Anyox mine."
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Duddy, George (2016);
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