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Ideal X
Also Known As Potrero Hills The ship's name before its 1955-56 conversion by Malcom McLean's company into the first successful container ship.
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A converted T-2 tanker ship that, on 26 April 1956, carried 58 standardized truck trailer bodies as deck cargo from Newark, New Jersey to Houston, Texas. Organized by the trucking entrepreneur Malcom McLean, it was the first successful commercial voyage to carry cargo in standardized containers rather than loose crates and sacks, launching the modern container shipping industry.
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SignificanceThe first successful commercial voyage carrying cargo in standardized containers, launching modern container shipping. 1 Manufacturer or BuilderMarinship Corporation (built 1945 as Potrero Hills); converted by Bethlehem Steel 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: 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.
1. Wikipedia: SS Ideal X
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Built by The Marinship Corporation during World War II as Potrero Hills,
1. Wikipedia: SS Ideal X
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During her first voyage in her new configuration, on 26 April 1956, the Ideal X carried 58 containers from Port Newark, New Jersey, to Port of Houston, Texas
1. Wikipedia: SS Ideal X
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Ideal X, ex-Potrero Hills, ex-Capt. John D.P., ex-Elemir.
Wikipedia: Intermodal Freight Transport
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