M/V New Day, ex-Sea Salvor, served Crooked and Acklins Islands in 1970s

MAILBOAT NAME: M/V New Day
PAST NAMES: M/V Sea Salvor from 1943 to 1972
DIMENSIONS: 164 feet long, 388 tons, cargo ship may have been a salvage tug before (from name). IMO 7517430
CONSTRUCTION: not known
YEAR BUILT: 1943 – built as a landing craft for the US Navy, original name LCS(L) 120 – 130
BUILDER: George Lawley & Son, Neponset Massachusetts, USA
EARLY CAREER: presumably a salvage tug off the US East coast in WWII and beyond
BAHAMAS CAREER: served Acklins and Crooked Island as a mailboat
CAPTAINS: not known
OWNERS: Freedom Shipping Company, Nassau