SS Ideal X
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ss-ideal-x-247-3622203
title:
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 Company. In 1955, the ship was modified to carry shipping containers and rechristened Ideal X. During her first voyage in her new configuration, on April 26, 1956, the Ideal X carried 58 containers from Port Newark, New Jersey, to Port of Houston, Texas,
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First container ship
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ideal_X
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2023-04-26T16:52:31Z
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