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OAS platform Detail for Arctic Sealer
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platforms_id: 7512
Title: M/V
Name: Arctic Sealer
ICES Code: 18LS
Callsign:
Countries: CANADA
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel ARCTIC SEALER from CANADA.

Name : ARCTIC SEALER
Flag : CANADA - CA (ISO Country Code)
Title : M/V
Platform Class : 30 Ship
Commissioned Date : 1948
Decommissioned Date : 1963
Current Length : 59.1
Built : 1944-12-17
Previous Name (Notes): Port of Beaumont
Notes : Cargo vessel, built for the U.S. Navy, sold in 1948. Chartered for surveying season by the Government of Canada, 1958-1959 and 1962 Newfoundland, Labrador, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Foxe Basin hydrographic surveys and reconnaissance, occasional oceanographic work. Sank April 15 1963 while sealing at the northern tip off Newfoundland.

Additional Information Sources:
- http://www.canfoh.org/Ships/arctic_sealer.htm
- http://www.mun.ca/mha/pviewphoto/Record_ID/473
- http://www.mun.ca/mha/pviewphoto/Record_ID/519
- http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19630415&id=pRArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ZsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2379,6826391

General Comments:
Build date for Arctic Sealer is from Miramar Ship Index
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2003-03-25 00:00:00+00
Editdate: 2019-02-11 16:15:38+00