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Western Dispatcher (II)Photo Credit: Fishermen Publishing Society online UBC archive BC_1532_1202_1 |
Registry #1 | 190573 (Canada) | Registry #2 | SC.1272 (US Navy) | Registry #3 | SCC.1272 (US Navy) |
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1943 | SC-1272 (U.S.S.) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 1948 | Norman Nelson | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | 1951 | Western Dispatcher (II) | Name 8 | ||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1943 | Place | Quincy | Area | MA | Country | USA |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 99.8' x 18.3' x 9.4' |
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Builder | Quincy Adams Yacht Yard | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Wood | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | 133 | Type 1 | Amphibious Control Vessel |
Registered Tonnage | 91 | Type 2 | Fishpacker |
Engine | 600bhp engine (1943) | Engine Manufacture | General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA |
Repower | By 1956 she had eight-cylinder twins built by the Cooper-Bessemer Corporation in 1944. | Propulsion | Screw |
Rebuilds | Rebuilt and converted 9.8 feet long, 18.3 feet in beam, and 9.4 feet deep. Her displacement was 133.36 tons gross, 90.68 net. She had one deck, two masts, a raked stem, a transom stern, carvel planking, and six bulkheads. | Call Sign | |
Pendant # | SC.1272; SCC.1272; | Masters |
Owner(s) |
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In 1943-1947 she was owned by the US Navy. In 1948-1952 she was owned by Richard & Norman Nelson (JO), New Westminster BC. In 1952-1972 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1972-1978 she was owned by Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd., Richmond BC. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 0000-00-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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In 1978 this ex-USN submarine catcher converted to a fishpacker was reported to have been broken up and scuttled at Bedwell Bay BC. |
References |
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Canada List of Shipping; George Duddy (2016); http://www.belcarra.ca/reports/Bedwell_Bay_Western_Dispatcher_Wreck.pdf; Vancouver’s Undersea Heritage–Shipwrecks and Submerged Cultural Sites in Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound, David Stone, Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia, 1994, pages 65-67; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11866/1893?r=0&s=5 ; |
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