Containership “President Eisenhower” in the Bay of Bengal, May 1981
Owner: American President Lines (APL), San Francisco
Flag: U.S.A.
Builder: Todd Shipyards Corp., San Pedro, California. (Hull-79)
Gross tons: 16,518
Deadweight: 19,581
Length overall: 203.6 m
Max. draft: 10.151 m
Engines: 2 x steam turbines geared to single shaft, 22,000 s.h.p., by General Electric Cor., Lynn
Speed: 23 knots
Container capacity: 625
Completed 1962 as the type C4-S-1s standard large cargo ship “Philippine Mail” (12,436 gross tons) for American Mail Line, Seattle.
Lengthened & converted to a container ship in 1972 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., San Francisco,
Bought by APL & renamed, October 1975.
Sold to the U.S. Maritime Administration October 1982, chartered back to APL
Reverted to APL ownership 1983 & sold to Delta Line of New Orleans in September, renamed “Santa Paula”
Sold 1985 to U.S. Lines of New York, renamed “American Banker”
Laid up March 1987 in the James River Reserve Fleet at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Sold for demolition at Brownsville, Texas, 2004.