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Other name(s): Ballcamp; Cumco; Empire Cumco

Ship owner: U.S. War Shipping Adm.

Ship builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Elizabeth, New Jersey

Engine builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Elizabeth, New Jersey

Year ship built: 1919

Year engine built: 1919

Final disposition: Scrapped in 1944.

Remarks:

b) Ballcamp (1932)

b) Cumco (1933)

d) Empire Cumco (WWII c. 1942)

e) Cumco

Owners:

1) U.S. Shipping Board

2) Ford Motor Co. (1925)

3) Cumco, Inc. (1933)

4) British Ministry of Transport (1942)

Registry number: US. 217888

Hull number: 2121

Vessel type: Tug

Height: 14.8 ft.

Width: 27.7 ft.

Length: 142 ft.

Stroke length: 30 in.

Gross tonnage: 422

Net tonnage: 234

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 17 in.

Piston 2: 25 in.

Piston 3: 43 in.

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