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Found some photos on the internet:
"Esso Belgium (1)" outbound, October 5th, 1941. Wrong nationality noted, must be Belgium.( Photo US Coast Guard )
"Esso Belgium", during W2, April 24th, 1941.
"Esso Belgium (1)" anchored in icy conditions, January 31st, 1943.( Photo US Coast Guard )
"Esso Belgium (1)" anchored, April 127th, 1943.
( Photo US Coast Guard )
"Esso Belgium", during W2 photographed on July 3rd, 1943.
"Esso Belgium (1)" anchored, October 17th, 1943.( Photo US Coast Guard )
"Esso Belgium (1)" inbound, September 23rd, 1943.( Photo US Coast Guard )
"Esso Belgium (1)" anchored, June 1st, 1944.( Photo US Coast Guard )
"Esso Belgium (1)".
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A Belgian Tanker
The only motion her crew seegs is in watching the shore line as their boat swings around with the tide ...
Just a grim reminder to us what goes on abroad ...
Summer 1940
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"Esso Belgium (1)".
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Fire broke out in the forward hold of this Belgian Tanker - three hours before this picture taken . . .
She is one of the many ships anchored in mid - stream on the Delaware for the duration of the War.
This is an added precaution in a neutral port to fool attemps of sabatage.
Summer 1940
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