SS Ideal X
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SS Ideal X, a converted World War II T-2 oil tanker, was the first commercially successful container ship.
Built by The Marinship Corporation during World War II as Potrero Hills, she was later purchased by Malcom McLean's Pan-Atlantic Steamship... Wikipedia
Launched: December 30, 1944
Length: 524′
Beam: 30′
Capacity: 58 33-foot containers; 10,572 DWT;
Out of service: Sold for scrapping, 1965.
Tonnage: 16,460 GRT