Mary R. Koch
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Mary R. Koch
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Main Ore (1985–1996) Mary R. Koch (1975–1985) |
| Owner: | VALECO tankers CORP. First Trust Co of Saint Paul Mansfield Sg Co Ltd |
| Operator: | Dorian Hellas SA (1979-1985)[1] |
| Port of registry: |  Liberia (1975-1985) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1985-1996) |
| Builder: | Uljanik, Brodogradiliste l Tvornica Dizel Motora Pula, Yugoslavia, (now Croatia) |
| Yard number: | 303 |
| Completed: | 04.1975 |
| Out of service: | 1996 |
| Identification: | DNV ID:???? IMO number: 7391458 |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Alang 09.06.1997 |
| Notes: | [2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 136,991 GT 120,376 NT |
| Displacement: | ??? long tons light ship 274.330 long tons full load |
| Length: | 335.0 m (1,099.08 ft) |
| Beam: | 52.20 m (171.26 ft) |
| Draught: | 21.794 m (71.50 ft) |
| Depth: | 28.00 m (91.86 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Burmeister & Wain |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots |
| Capacity: | 264,999 DWT |
| Notes: | [2] |
The Mary R. Koch was a 274.330 t combined ore carrier and oil tanker.[3] The ship was named after Mary Robinson Koch, wife of American industrialist Fred C. Koch.[4]
The Mary R. Koch was built at the Uljanik, Brodogradiliste l Tvornica Dizel Motora shipyard in Pula in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, (now Croatia).[5] Her two sister ships, the Trafala and the Torne were delivered to the Swedish company Trafikaktiebolaget Grengesberg in 1974.[5]
References
- ^ "Dorian previously operated Ships". http://www.dorianhellas.com/old_vessels.asp. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Mary R. Koch". Auke Visser's International Super Tankers. http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/bulkers/id374.htm. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "Koch Industries, Inc.". Lehman Brothers Collection. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/lehman/query.html?company=koch_industries_inc&deal=1. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
- ^ Yasha Levine (September 1, 2010). "The Koch Bros. and Corporate Welfare". The New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/2010/slideshow/131739/communist-shipbuilding?utm_source=observer&utm_medium=slideshow_middle_of_article. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
- ^ a b "Uljanik - Reference list". CROATIAN SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION. http://www.hb.hr/shipyards_uljanik_reference2.htm. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
External links
- Operation Armilla - Gulf Patrol 1981 – The Mary R. Koch escorted by the HMS Ardent
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