S Ideal X, a converted World War II T-2 oil tanker, was the first container ship.
Built by The Marinship Corporation in 1948 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 New work, New Jersey, to Port of Houston, Texas, where 58 trucks were waiting to be loaded with the containers.It was not the first container ship, however. The Clifford J. Rodgers, operated by the White Pass and Yukon Route, made its debut in 1955.
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