S/S TRANSCOLUMBIA
HUDSON WATERWAYS CORP., NEW YORK

SS TRANSCOLUMBIA

S/S Transcolumbia - Saigon River, 1970

In the summer of 1983, many years after he had taken the above picture, Erdem Yurtseven had worked on the sister ship
ss Transcolorado on a voyage to Mediterranean Sea.

Ship Details :

Launched / Builder / Class: 17 July 1945 /Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp, Vancouver, WA./ C4-S-A3 /
Tonnage : 12420 Grt
Lenght / Beam / Draft : 524 / 72 / 26 feet
Engine / Speed : Steam turbine, single propeller, 13750 shp / 17 knots
Troop Accommodations : 3485

History :

1946 Moore McCormack Lines
1947 American President Lines
1950 USNS MARINE LYNX ( T-AP194)
1967 Hudson Waterways, TRANSCOLUMBIA. Rebuilt as heavy lift carrier.
1968 Refitted as car carrier.
1985 Laid up at San Fransisco.