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Name: MICKLEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/10/1902
Completed: 11/1902
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 123
Dimensions: 2412grt, 1531nrt, 305.0 x 43.1 x 20.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 58 x 39ins), 233nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114434
History:
11/1902 Morpeth Steamship Co Ltd (JC Adam), Newcastle
1907 Northern Steamship Co Ltd, St Petersburg; renamed NEWA
1909 A/S Det Dansk Russiske D/S, Copenhagen
1920 Det Forenede D/S, Copenhagen
1923 Renamed DELAWARE
1926 A/B Helsingfors SS Co Ltd (A/B Nielsen & Thorden O/Y), Helsingfors
1941 US War Shipping Administration (Waterman SS Agency Ltd), Panama
1941 Renamed PUCHERO
1942 Broken up
Comments: 1941: Transferred to the flag of Panama
04/12/1941: Arrived at Galveston, Texas
27/12/1941: Requisitioned by the Government of the USA
07/09/1942: Grounded at Herero Point at position 19.18N - 87.27W
On a voyage from Belize to Pensacola with a cargo of mahogany logs
1942: Sold to Mexican shipbreakers


Above photo as MICKLEY courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as DELAWARE courtesy of Bengt Sjostrom