Category:IMO 6622185
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Ship
[edit]- Type: Mineplanter, research vessel, salvage vessel
- Built by: Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE
- Yard No: 435/1067
- Keel laid:
- Launched: 1937.07.22
- Completed: 1937
- Length over all: 184.5 ft
- Beam: 35 ft
- GRT: 840
- DWT:
- shipbuildinghistory.com
- atlantic-cable.com
- www.navsource.org
- www.wrecksite.eu
- www.florida-keys-vacation.com
History
[edit]- 1937 Named Lt. Col. Ellery W. Niles; Flag: United States
- Owner: U.S. Army Transportation Corps
- Both a mine planter and cable layer
- 1945 Transferred to U.S. Army Signal Corps; converted to pure cable layer
- 1965.01 Renamed F. V. Hunt; Flag: United States
- Owner: Marine Acoustical Services
- Converted to research vessel
- 1978 Renamed Cayman Salvage Master
- Owner: Thompson T. A.
- Converted to salvage vessel
- 1980 Involved in w:Mariel boatlift; seized in Key West, sank at dock
- 1985 Raised, towed to deeper water, line snapped prior to destination and sank in 90 feet of water at 24 27.210N 81 45.980W
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