D/S Richard J. Hopkins

Call sign
KTFR
Shipping company
Nationality
USA flaggUSA
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1944
Yard number
168
Month of delivery
Oktober

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
7.247
Net tonnage:
4.389
Deadweight:
10.932

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 339
Speed:
11

Dimensions

Length:
422.8'
Beam:
57.0'
Draft:
34.8'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    LIBERTY SKIP: Type  EC2-S-C1

    10/1944: United States War Shipping Administration, Houston, USA - RICHARD J. HOPKINS
    /1946: United States Department of Commerce, Houston, USA - RICHARD J. HOPKINS
    /1951: Metro Steamship Corp., New York, USA - ATLANTIC WATER
    /1956: Astroluz Cia.Naviera SA (E.C.Stamatiou) Panama - ATLANTIC WATER
    /1961: Astroluz Cia.Naviera SA (E.C.Stamatiou) Pireus, Hellas - KOUMIOTISSA
    /1963: Horizon Navigation Co (Theodore Tsagaris) Monrovia, Liberia - AGIA ERINI  L
    2/1964: Sprang lekk den 2/2-64 ca 515 n.m. SE av Nojima Saki på reise Portland, Oregon til Kawasaki med skrapjern. Forlatt av mannskapet neste dag og sank. 

    Maskineri:
    Triple dampmaskin, 3 cylindere diam. 24 1/2", 37" & 70"- 48".
    Maskineri bygget ved Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale, Cal. USA.