Casey Boat Building Company Inc., Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Completed
March/April 1943
Commissioned
1943
Decommissioned
1947
Fate
Sold, 10 September 1947
Canada
Name
M/V Christmas Seal
Owner
Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association
Acquired
10 September 1947
Nickname(s)
The Ship of Health
Fate
Sold, 1970
Caught fire and sank, 1976
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and type
Design 235 crash rescue boat
Length
104 ft (32 m)
Propulsion
3 × 625 hp (466 kW) Kermath V12 engines, 3 screws
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement
12
M/V Christmas Seal was a Canadian medical ship operating in Newfoundland from 1947 until 1970. Formerly a United States air-sea rescue vessel during World War II, she later served as an oceanographic research platform before sinking in 1976.
^Fowler, Chuck (2009). "Bill Somers' Military Service, The World War II Crash Rescue Boat Years". Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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