Sea Witch (container ship)

History
Name	Sea Witch
Owner	American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
Port of registry
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Yard number	BIW 354
Launched	1968
Completed	September 4, 1968
In service	September 4, 1968
Out of service	June 2, 1973
Identification	IMO number: 6806444
Fate	Damaged by collision and fire, removed from service.
Status	Salvaged, with engineering spaces re-used in the construction of S/S Chemical Pioneer
Name	Chemical Pioneer
Owner	USCS Chemical Pioneer LLC
Operator	USS Vessel Management LLC
Port of registry
In service	1985
Identification	IMO number: 6806444 MMSI number: 366032000 Callsign: KAFO
Status	Active (En route to India for Scrapping (December 2021)
General characteristics
Class and type	Sea Witch Class C5-S-73B container ship
Tonnage	17,900
Length	610 ft (190 m)[1]
Beam	76 ft (23 m)
Draft	35 ft (11 m)
Installed power	17,500 shp (13,000 kW)
Propulsion	Two General Electric geared turbines, two boilers
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Capacity	928 TEUs
Crew	40

Sea Witch was a MARAD Type C5-S-73b container ship built at the Bath Iron Works shipyard for American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines. She operated in the Atlantic trades for five years. So engaged on the evening of June 1, 1973, the vessel was involved in a disastrous collision with the oil tanker Esso Brussels in lower New York Harbor and was damaged so badly that she was removed from active service.