Sea Witch (container ship)
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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 |
| Career | |
| Name: | 'Chemical Pioneer' |
| Port of registry: |
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| 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 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]
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. http://www.hazegray.org/shipbuilding/biw3.htm. 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). https://professionalmariner.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications::Article&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=29566ED21EC44BD89656F89F69899EF1. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
