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SS Flickertail State

IMO 6817845 · MMSI 366532000

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  1. 1. Verify vessel identity

    Confirm the vessel name and IMO number match. SS Flickertail State (IMO 6817845)

  2. 2. Check the flag state record

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  3. 3. Check the company

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  7. 7. Save emergency contacts

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Data sources and methodology: /sources

Not enough public data — owner, manager and flag are all unknown for this vessel.
Type
cargo ship
Flag
—
Year built
1969
Builder
Bath Iron Works
GT
—
DWT
—
LOA
—
Beam
—
Draft
—
Class
—
Owner
—
Manager
—

Indexed from Wikidata (Q7393703).

Vessel history

SS Flickertail State (T-ACS-5) is a crane ship . She is stationed at Newport News, Virginia and is in ready reserve under the Military Sealift Command (MSC). The ship was named for the state of North Dakota , which is also known as the Flickertail State.

Incidents

Flickertail State was laid down on 14 February 1967, as the container ship CV Lightning, ON 518063, IMO 6817845, a Maritime Administration type (C5-S-73b) hull under MARAD contract (MA 206). Built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, hull no. 355, she was launched on 11 May 1968, and delivered to MARAD 21 February 1969, entering service for American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines. She was sold to Farrell Lines in 1978 without name change. The ship was returned to MARAD in 1986 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). In 1987-1988 she was converted to a type (C5-S-MA73c) Crane Ship by No…

Source: SS Flickertail State · cached via Firecrawl

PSC detention history

No detentions in the last 2 years.

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