Sea Witch (container ship)
| Career | |
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| Name: | 'Sea Witch' |
| Owner: | American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines |
| Port of registry: |
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| Builder: | Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME |
| Yard number: | BIW 354 |
| Launched: | 1968 |
| Out of service: | 1973 |
| Fate: | Portions salvaged |
| Status: | Components re-used in 'Chemical Pioneer' |
| Career | |
| Name: | 'Chemical Pioneer' |
| Port of registry: |
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| Status: | Built from salvaged portions of 'Sea Witch' |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sea Witch Class C5-S-73B container ship |
| Length: | 610 ft.[1] |
For other ships of the same name, see Sea Witch (disambiguation).
Sea Witch, IMO 6806444, was an American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines container ship which was involved in a serious collision in New York in 1973 with the oil tanker Esso Brussels.
"Flames from the burning oil radiated 200 feet out from both ships."[2] Thirteen crew members of the Esso Brussels and the master and two crew members of the Sea Witch perished.
Sea Witch sat derelict in New York city for eight years. Portions of the vessel were salvaged and built into a new vessel, the Chemical Discoverer which sails today as the Chemical Pioneer.[2]
External links
- SS Esso Brussels & SS Sea Witch Collision Site in New York City, Wikimapia
- USCG Casualty Report
- Removal and Cleanup of Derelict Vessel - MV Sea Witch, March 2009
- Ship portrait Chemical Pioneer on Flikr
References
- ↑ Toppan, Andrew (2003). "Bath Iron Works Production Record, Part 3". Hull 277 and later. Hazegray Shipbuilding Pages. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 . Delach, John. "Loss of steering led to fiery collision in New York's Verrazano Narrows". Professional Mariner, Journal of the Maritime Industry (Portland, ME: Navigator Publishing). Retrieved April 23, 2010.