The Sun Ship Historical Society document and photographic collection is presented primarily thru the permission of:
HML: Use of the Hagley Museum and Library documents & photographs is not permitted without the consent of the Hagley
Musuem and Library. Contact the Hagley Museum & Library at www.hagley.org for additional information and/or use of
their collection.
ISM Use of the Independence Seaport Museum documents & photographs is not permitted without the consent of the
Independence Seaport Musem. Contact the Independence Seaport Musuem at 215.925.5439
Philadelphia, PA (USA) ) for additional information and/or use of their collection.
DCHS: Use of the Delaware County Histocial Society documents & photographs is not permitted without the consent of the
Delaware County Historical Society. Contact Marge Johnson of the Delaware County Historical Society
610.872.0502, Chester, PA (USA) ) for additional information and/or use of their collection.
SSHS Use of the Sun Ship Historical Society documents & photographs is not permitted without the consent of the
Sun Ship Historical Society. Contact Dave Kavanagh of the Sun Ship Historical Society (davekav@verizon.net)
for additional information and/or use of their collection.
DMK Use of the documents & photographs from the personal collection of Dave Kavanagh is not permitted without his
consent. Contact Dave Kavanagh at davekav@verizon.net for additional information and/or use of his collection.
Note 1: Ownership of documents and/or photographs that are utliliized on this website are identified by use of the
abbreviation of the organization as listed above and cannot be used without their express permission.
Note 2: Dates are configured as YYYY.MM.DD
We have created a listing of ship's of Sun Ship that are still afloat. This includes ships that are laid-up either in MARAD's RRF (Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force) or by a private owner/operator. Rev: 2026.04.09
Hull Name (Initial) Re-Name Type (as built) Delivered
1. 155 'Pan-Amoco' 'J.A.W. Iglehart' Tanker 1936.10.14
Note: Stationary cement storage barge and ship-to-shore transfer statioin for Lafarge,Great Lakes.
2. 646 'Adm. W.M. Callaghan' N/A RO/RO Cargo 1967.12.19
Note: Vesselfinder: West Coast RRF 2026.02.10
When the 'Ships Afloat' list was created, it was decided to include only those ships that were built and delivered by Sun Ship. There were a number of ships that were under contract at the time of Sun Ship's acquisition by Penn Ship on 2/8/1982 and these were:
Hull Name (Initial) Re-Name Type Built/Completed
1. 679 'John B. Waterman' 'Sgt. Matej Kocak' RO/RO Container Penn Ship
2. 680 'Thomas Heyward' 'Pvt. Eugene A. Obregon' RO/RO Container Penn Ship
3. 681 'Essayons' N/A Dredge Bath Iron Works
4. 682 'Charles Carrol' 'Maj. Stephen Pless' RO/RO Container General Dynamics-Quincy
5. 683 ' HSTC-1' N/A Sugar Barge Bath Iron Works
