Kategorie Archive: Offshore radio ships

U.S.S. Texas

Ship details: Class: New York Battleship Launched: May 18, 1912 At: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia Commissioned: March 12, 1914 Length: 573 feet Beam: 106 feet Normal Draft: 28 feet, 6 inches Displacement: 34,000 tons Speed: 21 knots Crew: 1,810 Armament: (December 1944) Ten 14-inch/45 caliber guns; six 5-inch/51 caliber guns;…

Spindle Eye

Ship details: Displacement 2,474 t.(lt) 6,240 t.(fl); Length 338' 9"; Beam 50' 3"; Draft 16' 10"; Speed 10.7kts; Complement, 62; Propulsion, diesel, single propeller, 1,700shp. T-AG-175 Sgt Curtis F. Shoup was laid down on 16 April 1945 under a Maritime Commission Contract as "Spindle Eye" (MC hull 2381) by Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, Calif.; launched…

M.V. Sarah

Ship details: The one hundred and three foot tall aerial mast was installed in September 1986. During spring 1987 a 5,000 pound surplus battleship anchor was purchased. In May the Sarah was reportedly registered in Honduras, but was in fact registered in the US state of Maine. 20th July 1987: With the help of an…

M.V. Ross Revenge

Ship details: The Ross Revenge, formally the Freyr, was built in 1960/1961 by AG Weser Werk, Seebeck, Bremerhaven, West Germany, as a side trawler, the ship was 223 feet 4 inches in length, 34 feet 1 inch wide and of 978.48 tonnage (gross). Until August 1963 the ship was owned by the Icelandic company Isbjorninn.…

S.S. Red Rose

Ship details: A 500 ton steam ship, a former cargo vessel, purchased by night-club owners James Ireland, Stanley Roberts and Alan Williams Offshore radio station: Radio Red Rose with tests on 12th July 1964 Location: International waters 20 miles off the coast of Liverpool (England)

M.V. Polaris

Ship details: The ship was leased from a Greek shipping company, who purchased it from the Maritime Officers School in Acre. Offshore radio station: Radio One from 15th January 1991 to 1st February 1992 Location: Just within national waters off Haifa (Israel)

U.S.S. Phoenix

Ship details: (CL-46: dp. 10,000; 1. 608'4", b. 61'9", dr. 19'5" (mean) s. 33.6 k; cpl. 868; a. 15 6", 8 5", 8 .50 eat mg.; cl. Brooklyn) The third Phoenix (CL-46) was laid down 15 April 1935 by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., Iaunehed 13 March 1938; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothea Kays…

M.V. Peace

Ship details: In 1968, Abie Nathan purchased a 170 foot, 570 ton Dutch freighter Cito built in Delfzijl, Groningen (Netherlands) in April 1940 at the Gebr. van Diepen, Waterhuizen shipyard. The ship was originally named Rolf, renamed Westpolder in 1950, and Cito in 1960. Abie renamed the ship Peace and registered it in Panama. In…

Olga Patricia = Laissez Faire

Ship details: The Olga Patricia (formerly called FS263, Deal and Don Carlos) was built in New York in 1944, as a 480 ton landing craft 186 feet long. During the Korean war the cargo vessel was used to carry the bodies of GI's killed in Korea back to the USA. In early 1966 the Olga…

M.V. Odelia

Ship details: In 1980 Paul Greenwald, a former Rumanian national who had been living in Israel for sixteen years, travelled to Greece in search of a suitable ship. Finally in Piraeus he met ship owner Nestor Pierrakios who owned a ship built in 1958 that was regarded as valueless. The two made an agreement and…

Kategorie Archive: Offshore radio ships

U.S.S. Texas

Spindle Eye

M.V. Sarah

M.V. Ross Revenge

S.S. Red Rose

M.V. Polaris

U.S.S. Phoenix

M.V. Peace

Olga Patricia = Laissez Faire

M.V. Odelia

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