Sea Witch (container ship)

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Career
Name: 'Sea Witch'
Owner: American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
Port of registry: United States
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Yard number: BIW 354
Launched: 1968
Career
Name: 'Chemical Pioneer'
Port of registry: United States
General characteristics
Class and type: Sea Witch Class C5-S-73B container ship
Length: 610 ft.[1]

Sea Witch was a 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 was rebuilt and sails under the name Chemical Pioneer.[2]

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References

  1. Toppan, Andrew (2003). "Bath Iron Works Production Record, Part 3". Hull 277 and later. Hazegray Shipbuilding Pages. http://www.hazegray.org/shipbuilding/biw3.htm. Retrieved April 23, 2010. 
  2. 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). https://professionalmariner.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications::Article&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=29566ED21EC44BD89656F89F69899EF1. Retrieved April 23, 2010.