Commercial Service
Washtenaw County was sold in 1973 to an unknown company and renamed Al Manhal 1. She was resold in 1980 to Cooperative de Transportadores Centroamericanos R.L. of Panama, converted to a roll-on/roll-off vessel, and renamed El Centroamericano. El Centroamericano arrived in tow at Portland, Oregon, in October 1980 with mechanical troubles; she was still there on 19 January 1984 when her engine room flooded. She was subsequently sold to J.H. Leitz and Associates, Inc. of Portland.
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