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S.S. NORTHERN CHIEFTAIN, glass negative
Starboard Broadside view of S.S. NORTHERN CHIEFTAIN, c. 1947/1948.
(1791gt) : N3-S-A2 type vessel built 1945 by McCloskey & Co., Tampa Shipyards, Tampa, Florida, for the US Maritime Commission for lease-lend to the UK. 1947 - Sold to Nationalist China and renamed TENG 1401, and later that year CHIAO JEN. On 30th July 1949, Nationalist troop-carrier CHIAO JEN was towed to Hong Kong after striking a mine 22 miles west of Hong Kong. Later - "NAN-HAI 163" (?stricken 1967?) She was reported scrapped in 1982.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1156
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 106
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