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Name: DPC 74
Launched:
Completed: 11/1943
Builder: Decatur Iron & Steel Co, Alabama
Yard Number: 74
Dimensions: 176grt, 82.5 x 24.2 x 10.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, 8cyl (8.5 x 10ins), 700bhp
Engines By: General Motors Corporation, Cleveland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 181151
History:
11/1943 Defence Plant Corporation, USA
1943 Transferred to the United States Army; renamed ST 761
10/1950 France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd; renamed RYHOPE
10/1950 Registered at Sunderland
1970 Brodospas', Yugoslavia; registered at Split; renamed KASTOR
1986 Broken up
Comments: 1986: Broken up by 'Brodospas' at Split, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)


Above photo as ST761 at Harrison's, copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives

Above photo courtesy of Robert Amess

Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost

Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost

Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost

Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost

Above photo as KASTOR courtesy of Marijan Zuvic