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Marine Jumper (T-AP-200)
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USAT Marine Jumper (1949 - 1952)
SS Marine Jumper (1945 - 1949)

International Radio Call Sign:

November - Echo - Charlie - Alpha
NECA

Marine Adder Class Transport:

Laid down in 1944 as a Maritime Commission (C4-S-A3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC
hull 2359) at Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, WA.
Launched, date unknown
SS Marine Jumper was delivered to Moore McCormack Lines Co., 10 September 1945, at Portland, OR.
for operation under GAA agreement for the War Shipping Administration
Operated under charter by United States Lines, 1947 to 1949
Returned to the Maritime Commission, 24 March 1949, chartered to the War Department, Army
Transportation Service (ATS), commissioned USAT Marine Jumper
Custody assumed by US Navy, 7 May 1952
Never activated, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Title transfer to Waterman Steamship Corp., MARAD Exchange Program, 10 November 1964, sold to
Litton Industries Leasing Corp, the same day
Renamed SS Panama in April 1966
Converted to a Containership, completed 12 August 1966
Sold to Reynolds Leasing Corp, 28 February 1975
Sold to Sea-Land Serviced Inc., 10 February 1987
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in May 1988

Specifications:
Displacement 6,720 t.(lt) 10,210 t.(fl)
Length 523'
Beam 72'
Draft 26'
Speed 18 kts.
Cargo Capacity 53,000 (cu ft)
Troop Accommodations 3,451
Armament none
Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller, 13,750 hp

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War Shipping Administration

SS Marine Jumper underway probably during builders trials in

91k early 1945. Waldemar Scholtes

USAT Marine Jumper

93k USAT Marine Jumper underway, date and location unknown. Waldemar Scholtes

Commercial Service

Ex-SS Marine Jumper underway as Sea-Land's container ship Photo by Gerhard

348k SS Panama, entering the port of Piraeus, Greece, in May 1981. Mueller-Debus

There is no DANFS history for Marine Jumper (T-AP-200) at NavSource

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest

SS Marine Jumper - "The Jumper Journal" - 22 March 1946

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