 Sea Isle City en route to Kuwait August 1987
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake |
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| Owner |
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| Port of registry |
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| Route | late 1990s: Persian Gulf to Indonesia |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Yard number | 1867 |
| In service | 1981 |
| Out of service | 2002 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | broken up, 2002, India |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tank Ship, Sequence M2NMFN, Hull form H |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 728.5 ft (222.0 m) |
| Beam | 144.4 ft (44.0 m) |
| Draft | 61.0 ft (18.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Sulzer |
| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Notes | References[1][2][3] |
MV Sea Isle City, ex-Umm al Maradem,[4] was a Kuwait Oil Company oil tanker that reflagged during Operation Earnest Will. The ship was completed in 1981 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan, as hull number 1867, for the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company.
- ^ Jane's Information Group. Sea Isle City extract. Accessed 31 August 2008.
- ^ United States Coast Guard. PSIX data for vessel 279235. Accessed 31 August 2008.
- ^ United States Coast Guard. Vessel Documentation Center. Accessed 31 August 2008.
- ^ Umm Casbah Becomes Ocean City As Kuwaiti Ships Await U.S. Flags Aly Mahmoud. The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: 24 June 1987. pg. a.21