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The Little Tugboat floating by ..... was once an USS LSM/LSMR. Life is just not Fair.
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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:18:14 - 0400
From: Ron West, rwest@esva.net
To: jamestusing@cox.net
Subject: LSM and Virginia Ferry System
I am trying to research an LSM that was later bought by the Virginia
Ferry System for use as a tanker for the Kiptopeke to Little Creek
Ferry run. It was bought in 1948. Do you know which LSM this would
have been?
Ron West
The Eastern Shore Post
PO Box 134
Nassawadox, VA 23413
jamestusing@cox.net wrote:
No Ron I don't know, but I am forwarding your message on to Paul Burket who has had some success in tracing these ships.
Jim
Ron, I do not remember seeing any LSM's that were sold to the
Virginia Ferry System. Most were sold to other companies and they sold
them again to different companies for conversions. I suggest
contacting the Virginia Ferry System and ask them, if they are still in
business. It may be hard to find any books that go back that far or
employees that are old enough or still alive that would remember that far
back. I will put out some feelers and see what developes. Paul
Burket, LSM-341
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:10:19 - 0400
From: Ron West rwest@esva.net
To: jamestusing@cox.net
Subject: Re: LSM and Virginia Ferry System
I found it. I went through over 400 of the listed LSMs before I found
it. The number is LSM-73. She was converted to serve as a tanker and
renamed the M/V Kiptopeke in 1948. I have seen one photo of her as a
tanker. Black hull and White topsides. I'll try to get you a photo of it.
Ron West
The Eastern Shore Post
LSM 73 - KiptopekeHi Paul,
I was able to locate a photo of the LSM 73 as the M/V Kiptopeke (Photo from the Scanlan Collection). She had a superstructure added just aft of midship and tanks fitted inside the hull.Hull was black and upper works were white with "straw" colored stack. Official hull number was 256435.
Her new deminsions after conversion were:
1029 Gross Tons
646 Net Tons
3600 HP
195.2 ft X 34.1 Ft X 17.8 Ft
She was purchased by the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District of Cape Charles, VA in 1948. Later the Virginia Ferry Commission took over the ferry line. She served as a tanker to service the seven car ferries that ran between Kiptopeke and Little Creek, VA.
Ron West.
Ron found the Answer to his Question.Good Work, Ron
More Information Concerning LSM 73
From David aka boat historian
"Colonel Bogey"
Take It Away Colonel Bogey
"RiverBoat Shuffle" 
Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
Jim
Ron, I do not remember seeing any LSM's that were sold to the
Virginia Ferry System. Most were sold to other companies and they sold
them again to different companies for conversions. I suggest
contacting the Virginia Ferry System and ask them, if they are still in
business. It may be hard to find any books that go back that far or
employees that are old enough or still alive that would remember that far
back. I will put out some feelers and see what developes. Paul
Burket, LSM-341
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:10:19 - 0400
From: Ron West rwest@esva.net
To: jamestusing@cox.net
Subject: Re: LSM and Virginia Ferry System
I found it. I went through over 400 of the listed LSMs before I found
it. The number is LSM-73. She was converted to serve as a tanker and
renamed the M/V Kiptopeke in 1948. I have seen one photo of her as a
tanker. Black hull and White topsides. I'll try to get you a photo of it.
Ron West
The Eastern Shore Post
LSM 73 - KiptopekeHi Paul,
I was able to locate a photo of the LSM 73 as the M/V Kiptopeke (Photo from the Scanlan Collection). She had a superstructure added just aft of midship and tanks fitted inside the hull.Hull was black and upper works were white with "straw" colored stack. Official hull number was 256435.
Her new deminsions after conversion were:
1029 Gross Tons
646 Net Tons
3600 HP
195.2 ft X 34.1 Ft X 17.8 Ft
She was purchased by the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District of Cape Charles, VA in 1948. Later the Virginia Ferry Commission took over the ferry line. She served as a tanker to service the seven car ferries that ran between Kiptopeke and Little Creek, VA.
Ron West.
Ron found the Answer to his Question.Good Work, Ron More Information Concerning LSM 73
From David aka boat historian
"Colonel Bogey"
Take It Away Colonel Bogey
"RiverBoat Shuffle"
Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
Virginia Ferry System. Most were sold to other companies and they sold
them again to different companies for conversions. I suggest
contacting the Virginia Ferry System and ask them, if they are still in
business. It may be hard to find any books that go back that far or
employees that are old enough or still alive that would remember that far
back. I will put out some feelers and see what developes.
Paul
Burket, LSM-341
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:10:19 - 0400
From: Ron West rwest@esva.net
To: jamestusing@cox.net
Subject: Re: LSM and Virginia Ferry System
I found it. I went through over 400 of the listed LSMs before I found
it. The number is LSM-73. She was converted to serve as a tanker and
renamed the M/V Kiptopeke in 1948. I have seen one photo of her as a
tanker. Black hull and White topsides. I'll try to get you a photo of it.
Ron West
The Eastern Shore Post
LSM 73 - KiptopekeHi Paul,
I was able to locate a photo of the LSM 73 as the M/V Kiptopeke (Photo from the Scanlan Collection). She had a superstructure added just aft of midship and tanks fitted inside the hull.Hull was black and upper works were white with "straw" colored stack. Official hull number was 256435.
Her new deminsions after conversion were:
1029 Gross Tons
646 Net Tons
3600 HP
195.2 ft X 34.1 Ft X 17.8 Ft
She was purchased by the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District of Cape Charles, VA in 1948. Later the Virginia Ferry Commission took over the ferry line. She served as a tanker to service the seven car ferries that ran between Kiptopeke and Little Creek, VA.
Ron West.
Ron found the Answer to his Question.Good Work, Ron More Information Concerning LSM 73
From David aka boat historian
"Colonel Bogey"
Take It Away Colonel Bogey
"RiverBoat Shuffle"
Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
Ron West
The Eastern Shore Post
LSM 73 - KiptopekeHi Paul,
I was able to locate a photo of the LSM 73 as the M/V Kiptopeke (Photo from the Scanlan Collection). She had a superstructure added just aft of midship and tanks fitted inside the hull.Hull was black and upper works were white with "straw" colored stack. Official hull number was 256435.
Her new deminsions after conversion were:
1029 Gross Tons
646 Net Tons
3600 HP
195.2 ft X 34.1 Ft X 17.8 Ft
She was purchased by the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District of Cape Charles, VA in 1948. Later the Virginia Ferry Commission took over the ferry line. She served as a tanker to service the seven car ferries that ran between Kiptopeke and Little Creek, VA.
Ron West.
Ron found the Answer to his Question.Good Work, Ron More Information Concerning LSM 73
From David aka boat historian
"Colonel Bogey"
Take It Away Colonel Bogey
"RiverBoat Shuffle"
Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
LSM 73 - Kiptopeke
Hi Paul,
I was able to locate a photo of the LSM 73 as the M/V Kiptopeke (Photo from the Scanlan Collection). She had a superstructure added just aft of midship and tanks fitted inside the hull.Hull was black and upper works were white with "straw" colored stack. Official hull number was 256435.
Her new deminsions after conversion were:
1029 Gross Tons
646 Net Tons
3600 HP
195.2 ft X 34.1 Ft X 17.8 Ft
She was purchased by the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District of Cape Charles, VA in 1948. Later the Virginia Ferry Commission took over the ferry line. She served as a tanker to service the seven car ferries that ran between Kiptopeke and Little Creek, VA.
Ron West.
Ron found the Answer to his Question.Good Work, Ron More Information Concerning LSM 73
From David aka boat historian
"Colonel Bogey"
Take It Away Colonel Bogey
"RiverBoat Shuffle"
Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
Her new deminsions after conversion were:
1029 Gross Tons
646 Net Tons
3600 HP
195.2 ft X 34.1 Ft X 17.8 Ft
She was purchased by the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District of Cape Charles, VA in 1948. Later the Virginia Ferry Commission took over the ferry line. She served as a tanker to service the seven car ferries that ran between Kiptopeke and Little Creek, VA.
Ron West.
Ron found the Answer to his Question.Good Work, Ron More Information Concerning LSM 73
From David aka boat historian
"Colonel Bogey"
Take It Away Colonel Bogey
"RiverBoat Shuffle"
Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
646 Net Tons
3600 HP
195.2 ft X 34.1 Ft X 17.8 Ft
She was purchased by the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District of Cape Charles, VA in 1948. Later the Virginia Ferry Commission took over the ferry line. She served as a tanker to service the seven car ferries that ran between Kiptopeke and Little Creek, VA.
Ron West.
Ron found the Answer to his Question.Good Work, Ron More Information Concerning LSM 73
From David aka boat historian
"Colonel Bogey"
Take It Away Colonel Bogey
"RiverBoat Shuffle"
Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
Ron found the Answer to his Question.Good Work, Ron More Information Concerning LSM 73
From David aka boat historian
"Colonel Bogey"
Take It Away Colonel Bogey
"RiverBoat Shuffle"
Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
More Information Concerning LSM 73
From David aka boat historian
"Colonel Bogey"
Take It Away Colonel Bogey
"RiverBoat Shuffle"
Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
"RiverBoat Shuffle" Benny Goodman's Band
Song: Hoagy Carmichael
