Hurricane Gustav - Ship ID (WW2 Tanker in New Orleans?)

bookworm_020 · 09-02-08, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Seeing it grounded like that makes me sad. I'd much rather see it broken in half, sliding into the abyss

Agreee with you there!. Looks like one of the ships you see in SH3 that have attached themselves to the docks!:hmm:

The Bandit · 09-02-08, 10:23 PM

http://www.allbusiness.com/north-ame...4101851-1.html
looks like it came from the beaumount reserve fleet.

AntEater · 09-03-08, 02:42 AM

This ship is apparently USNS Courier, build 1945 and converted into a floating radio station in the 1950s.

Interesting, how many WW2 ships are still in reserve, or were until a short time ago.
Lots of Victory, T2, T3 and others. But soon there will be no "bridge forward" tanker left, as all the T2s and T3s are disposed of.
Some other well known ships are still there for "historic review" like the WW2 tender Sperry or the salvage vessel Florikan (that salvaged serveral sunken japanese submarines)

The Bandit · 09-03-08, 02:54 AM

lol I just spent a few hours finding that out, searching the MARAD data base ( http://www.pmars.imsg.com/rosterFleet.asp?Loc=41 ) of ships that were at beaumount and were sold to Southern Scrap, and then looking at pictures and counting booms. I dunno if its right but according to Navsource Courier was built in 1962.

The Navsource link
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/13/135019.htm

AntEater · 09-03-08, 03:05 AM

Ok, I confused two ships.
USGC Courier was a C1 coastal cargo ship that served as a floating radio station.
It was pained in the usual white USCG colours.
Much smaller, painted white and with bridge aft.
This one is the 1962 military cargo ship Courier.

The Bandit · 09-04-08, 12:28 AM

don't feel bad, the press made the exact same mistake. I wonder if Southern even has the facilities to scrap it at this point or weather its going to be repoed because they defaulted on the contract.

AVGWarhawk · 09-04-08, 02:53 AM

Was this ship wandering around in the Industrial Canal the day Gustav hit?

09-02-08, 10:23 PM	#2
The Bandit Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 395 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 1	http://www.allbusiness.com/north-ame...4101851-1.html looks like it came from the beaumount reserve fleet. __________________

09-03-08, 02:42 AM	#3
AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This ship is apparently USNS Courier, build 1945 and converted into a floating radio station in the 1950s. Interesting, how many WW2 ships are still in reserve, or were until a short time ago. Lots of Victory, T2, T3 and others. But soon there will be no "bridge forward" tanker left, as all the T2s and T3s are disposed of. Some other well known ships are still there for "historic review" like the WW2 tender Sperry or the salvage vessel Florikan (that salvaged serveral sunken japanese submarines) __________________

09-03-08, 02:54 AM	#4
The Bandit Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 395 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 1	lol I just spent a few hours finding that out, searching the MARAD data base ( http://www.pmars.imsg.com/rosterFleet.asp?Loc=41 ) of ships that were at beaumount and were sold to Southern Scrap, and then looking at pictures and counting booms. I dunno if its right but according to Navsource Courier was built in 1962. The Navsource link http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/13/135019.htm __________________

09-03-08, 03:05 AM	#5
AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ok, I confused two ships. USGC Courier was a C1 coastal cargo ship that served as a floating radio station. It was pained in the usual white USCG colours. Much smaller, painted white and with bridge aft. This one is the 1962 military cargo ship Courier. __________________

09-04-08, 12:28 AM	#6
The Bandit Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 395 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 1	don't feel bad, the press made the exact same mistake. I wonder if Southern even has the facilities to scrap it at this point or weather its going to be repoed because they defaulted on the contract. __________________

09-04-08, 02:53 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Was this ship wandering around in the Industrial Canal the day Gustav hit? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road