Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
SS Salvage Queen II (ship)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1943 - 1966
History
269 tons gross. Built for the United States Navy in Astoria and named YMS 140. She was purchased by Straits Towing & Salvage of Vancouver in 1948 and renamed Salvor III. From 1950 to 1953, she was owned by Vancouver Salvage Equipment Ltd. of Vancouver and renamed Salvage Queen. From 1953 t0 1958, she was owned by Pacific Salvage Ltd. of Vancouver. From 1958 to 1966, she was owned by Straits Towing of Vancouver. She was last registered in 1966 with owner Emlyn Matthews of Pitt Meadows, B.C.