: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: Coperas
Also known as:: Aetna; Saginaw; Matinicus (Ag-38) (AK-52); Gimni (AP-75); Ramsdal; Transdual
Year of Build:: 1918
Rebuilt:: 1. 1948;
2. 1983;
Official Number:: 217585

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Steel
Builder Name:: Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Ownership Notes:: United States Shipping Board, (1919-1925);Abtna Portland Cement Company, (1925-1928); Med-West Transportation Company, (1928-1937); Saginaw Dock & Terminal Company, (1937-1941); U. S. Navy, (1941-1946); U. S. Maritime Commission, (1946-1948); Saginaw Dock & Terminal Company, (1948-1948); Fenno Steamship, Ltd.O/Y, (1948-1964); O/Y Ridal A/B, (1964-1966); TrampppilaIva O/Y (1966-1967);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Coperas (1919-1925);
b. Propeller, Aetna (1925-1937);
c. Propeller, Saginaw (1937-1941);;
d. Propeller, Matinicus (Ag-38) (1941-1942);
e. Propeller, AK-52 (Matinious) (1942-1942);
f. Propeller, Gimina (AP-75) (1942--1946);
g. Propeller, Saginaw (1946-1948);
h. Propeller, Ramsdal (finland) (1949-1965);
i. Propeller, Transdual (Finland) (1965-1967)
Nationality:: American (1918-1948); Finland (1948-1967)

Notes

General notes:: Sold to Finnish shipbreakers; Arrived at Reisinki for scrapping on 8/26/1967; Sold to U. S. Navy on 9/27/1941 and designated U. S. S. Matinicus (AG-38); Redesignated AK-52 and converted by Bethlehem Steel Company, Boston, Mass., On 1/7/1942; Commissioned on August, 4/1942; Renamed U. S. S. Gemini (AP-75) on 8/15/1942); Departed New York, August 16, 1942, in convoy S-107, for Ireland and United Kingdom; Arrived safely at Reykjavik, then ran between Icelandic ports as transport; Arrived for overhaul at Boston, 9/3/1943, then departed New York for West coast via Panama canal, on 10/9/1943; After repairs at San Pedro, Cal.; Arrived at Honolulu on 12//11/1942, for intra-island service; In July, 1944, departed for Intra-Island service in Marshalls and Gilberto; Departed 6/1/1945 for San Francisco, via Pearl Harbor and was in dry dock at San Francisco at war's end; Departed San Francisco 9/291945 to resume Island service in Marshalls and Gilberts; Returned to San Francisco and was decommissioned at Oakland, Cal., on 4/8/1946; Was transferred to U. S. Maritime Commission on 9/10/1956;
Hull #99'
Sources:: 1. Wright's Master Sheet;

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