Name: | DPC 95 |
Launched: | 1943 |
Completed: | 10/1943 |
Builder: | American Shipbuilding Co, Buffalo, New York |
Yard Number: | 918 |
Dimensions: | 176grt, 82.5 x 24.2 x 10.0ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 8cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 700bhp; |
(2006: Oil engine, Caterpillar 3412C type, 764bhp) | |
Engines by: | General Motors Corporation, Cleveland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 181152 |
History: | |
10/1943 | Defence Plant Corporation, USA |
1943 | Transferred to the United States Army; renamed ST 764 |
10/1950 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; renamed GRANGETOWN |
03/10/1950 | Registered at Sunderland |
1970 | Brodospas, Yugoslavia; registered at Split; renamed POLARIS |
1992 | Ivan & Filip Tomic, Split |
07/2007 | Obrt ‘Polaris’ Krilo Jesenice (Filip Tomic) |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Converted to a luxury yacht 1992 to 2007 |
07/1992: Superstructure & engines removed at Trogir | |
1993: Due to war conditions in Croatia, work stopped & hull laid up | |
1996: Towed to Betina for conversion, but laid up again | |
2005: Towed to Kaštel Sucurac near Split. Superstructure re-built | |
2006: Re-engined with a Caterpillar diesel | |
07/2007: Completed at Krilo Jesenice |
Above photo as DPC 95 at Buffalo
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo as POLARIS courtesy of Marijan Zuvic
Above photo as POLARIS courtesy of Marijan Zuvic
Above photo as POLARIS courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe