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.
Hull Name (Initial) Re-Name Type (as built) Delivered Note
1. 155 'Pan-Amoco' 'J.A.W. Iglehart' Tanker 1936.10.14
2. 646 'Adm. W.M. Callaghan' N/A RO/RO Cargo 1967.12.19
3. 664 'Matsonia' N/A RO/RO 1973.12.11
4. 669 'Kenai' 'Seakay Spirit' Tanker 1979.01.09 Ship built in 2 sections.
5. 683 ' Kauai' N/A Container 1980.08.27 Date from T. Colton's Site
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
