Mary R. Koch

Career
Name:	Main Ore (1985–1996) Mary R. Koch (1975–1985)
Owner:	VALECO tankers CORP. First Trust Co of Saint Paul Mansfield Sg Co Ltd
Operator:	Dorian Hellas SA (1979-1985)[1]
Port of registry:	Liberia (1975-1985)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1985-1996)
Builder:	Uljanik, Brodogradiliste l Tvornica Dizel Motora Pula, Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)
Yard number:	303
Completed:	04.1975
Out of service:	1996
Identification:	DNV ID:???? IMO number: 7391458
Fate:	Scrapped at Alang 09.06.1997
Notes:	[2]
General characteristics
Tonnage:	136,991 GT 120,376 NT
Displacement:	??? long tons light ship 274.330 long tons full load
Length:	335.0 m (1,099.08 ft)
Beam:	52.20 m (171.26 ft)
Draught:	21.794 m (71.50 ft)
Depth:	28.00 m (91.86 ft)
Propulsion:	Burmeister & Wain
Speed:	16.5 knots
Capacity:	264,999 DWT
Notes:	[2]

The Mary R. Koch was a 274.330 t combined ore carrier and oil tanker.^[3] The ship was named after Mary Robinson Koch, wife of American industrialist Fred C. Koch.^[4]

The Mary R. Koch was built at the Uljanik, Brodogradiliste l Tvornica Dizel Motora shipyard in Pula in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, (now Croatia).^[5] Her two sister ships, the Trafala and the Torne were delivered to the Swedish company Trafikaktiebolaget Grengesberg in 1974.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Dorian previously operated Ships". http://www.dorianhellas.com/old_vessels.asp. Retrieved 2 September 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Mary R. Koch". Auke Visser's International Super Tankers. http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/bulkers/id374.htm. Retrieved 2 September 2010. 
3. ^ "Koch Industries, Inc.". Lehman Brothers Collection. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/lehman/query.html?company=koch_industries_inc&deal=1. Retrieved September 2, 2010. 
4. ^ Yasha Levine (September 1, 2010). "The Koch Bros. and Corporate Welfare". The New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/2010/slideshow/131739/communist-shipbuilding?utm_source=observer&utm_medium=slideshow_middle_of_article. Retrieved September 2, 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Uljanik - Reference list". CROATIAN SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION. http://www.hb.hr/shipyards_uljanik_reference2.htm. Retrieved September 2, 2010. 

External links

• Operation Armilla - Gulf Patrol 1981 – The Mary R. Koch escorted by the HMS Ardent