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Esso Rotterdam (I) - (1947-1959)
Launched at 14 July 1945. Built in 64 days and 7 hours.
Contract Price : $2.686.140,00, Final Price: $1.732.889,47, savings : -35.49%.
Sponsor, at the launch, Mrs.P.R.Quick (wife of superintendent of the planning and progress division of Marinship).
WHEELER HILLS
07.1945
1947: ESSO ROTTERDAM (I).
1959: PHAETHON.
1960: Converted to a bulk carrier. New midship section built by Netherlands Dock: &, SB Co, Amsterdam (measurements: 570 ft oa x 75 ft, 15,005 grt, 23,000 tdw).
1974 “PYRAMID VETERAN”
1977 “CAT No. I"
01.1979: Scrapped at New Orleans.
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"Esso Rotterdam (I)", was build in 1945 as "Wheeler Hills".
Uit de Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 14/04/1948.
Wist U dat de in Amerika aangekochte tankboot "Esso Rotterdam" van de A.P.C. voor het eerst Rotterdam binnenliep, meevoerende 14.500 liter stook- en dieselolie. ( Tonnen, bedoelde men natuurlijk, AAV )
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Uit de Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 06/03/1956.
KNSM-schip bij Spanje in moeilijkhedenHet SS "ILIAS" van de KNSM heeft vanochtend vroeg gemeld, dat het machinescha-de heeft en de hulp van een sleepboot behoeft. Het 810 ton metende schip bevond zich toen twintig mijl ten westen van Valino, een plaats aan de noordwestpunt van Spanje. De tankboot "ESSO ROTTERDAM" en een Zweeds schip liggen bij de "ILIAS".
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"Esso Rotterdam (I)" full ahead underway to Rotterdam.
Built July 1945 by The Marinship Corporation, Sausalito, California,
as "Wheeler Hills" # 2541, for U.M.S.C.
1945: “Wheeler Hills”, U.S. War Shipping Administration, San Francisco.
1947 "Esso Rotterdam", Petroleum Industrie Mij., 's Gravenhage.
1952 "Esso Rotterdam", Esso Tankvaart Mij., 's Gravenhage.
1959 Renamed "Pheaton", Comet Shipping Co. S.A. (C.M. Lemos & Co., Monrovia).
1960 Converted to a converted to a bulk carrier. New midship section built by Netherlands Dock & SB Co.,
Amsterdam (measurements: 570 ft oa x 75 ft, 15005 GRT, 23,000 DWT)
1974 “PYRAMID VETERAN”, Creole Shipping Ltd., Nassau.
1977 “CAT No. I”, F.B.V. Corporation (Bahama's) Ltd., Nassau.
01.1979: Scrapped at New Orleans.
Ship Report for "WHEELER HILLS"
IDNo:
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2248398
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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WHEELER HILLS
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Launch Date:
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14.07.1945
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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31.07.1945
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Flag:
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USA
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Keel:
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28.05.1945
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DWT:
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16613
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Yard No:
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87
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Length overall:
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159.6
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Ship Design:
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T2-SE-A1
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LPP:
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153.3
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.7
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Builder:
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Marinship Corp
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sausalito
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1TE-15
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Owner as Completed:
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U.S. War Sg Administration, San Francisco
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Subsequent History:
1947 ESSO ROTTERDAM - 1959 PHAETHON -
[ 1960 Lg & widened 15005 grt & coverted to bulk carrier ] -
1974 PYRAMID VETERAN - 1977 CAT No.1
Disposal Data:
Scarpped at Brownsville 18.04.1978.
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Name change
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Main Owner
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248398
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2248398
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1945
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WHEELER HILLS
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10441
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U.S. Govt.
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2248398
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1945
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ESSO ROTTERDAM
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10441
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1947
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Petroleum Industrie Mij.
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1661
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2248398
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1945
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PHAETHON
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15005
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1959
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C.M. Lemos & Co.
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2248398
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1945
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PYRAMID VETERAN
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15005
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1974
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Pyramid Ventures
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2248398
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1945
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CAT No.1
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15005
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1977
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F.B. Vicknair
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"Esso Rotterdam (I)", just renamed.
"Esso Rotterdam (I)".
De "Esso Rotterdam (I)" werd bij de NDSM verbouwd tot een bulkcarrier "Pheaton", in 1959.
"Pyramid Veteran" ex. "Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam (I)".