The Concrete Ships of WWI and WWII: An Experiment In Maritime Construction
WWI
Atlantus
Cape Fear
Cuyamaca
Dinsmore
Latham
Moffitt
Palo Alto
Peralta
Polias
San Pasqual
Sapona
Selma
WWII
Anderson
Aspdin
Chateliere
Considere
Cowham
Eckel
Grant
Hennibique
Humphrey
Kahn
Lesley
Meade
Merriman
Pasley
Pollard
Saylor
Slater
Smeaton
Talbot
Thatcher
Vicat
Vidal
Vitruvius
Wason
Barges
Quartz
YOGN 82
Breakwaters
Powell River
Kiptopeke
 

S.S. Henri Le Chatelier

The S.S. Henri Le Chatelier was built by McCloskey and Company in Tampa, Florida and launched January 30, 1944. She was operated by A.H.Bull and Co. operated for trading sugar and, later, by the US Army as a store ship in the South Pacific. In 1948, the ship was purchased by the Powell River Company to be used in their floating breakwater.

Location

The S. S. Henri Le Chatelier is still afloat as part of a breakwater on the Powell River in British Columbia, Canada.

Photos

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(Photo courtesy of John Campbell)

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Vital Statistics

Gross Weight: 4,690 Tons
Net Weight: 2,738 Tons
Dimensions: 102.53 meters x 16.45 m x 10.66 m
Engine: T.3-cyl, Prescott Mehy Co.