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Esso Bethlehem - (1947-1962)
See her as : Esso Albany (2) - (1941-1942)
"Esso Bethlehem", ex. "Housatonic" (AO-35) ex "Esso Albany (2)" leaving Baytown from dock No. 2.( Esso photo )
"Esso Bethlehem", was built as "Esso Albany (2)".
"Los Angeles", ex. "Housatonic", ex. "Esso Bethlehem", ex "Esso Albany(2)".
Seen here after conversion to a containership with new forebody and lengthened.
( Photo copyright A. Duncan )
"Los Angeles", ex. "Housatonic", ex. "Esso Bethlehem", ex "Esso Albany(2)".( Photo Copyright Harry Stott )
Sea-Land Fleet: T-3 Tankers of 1962
Off, No - Name Hull dimensions GRT Place built (year) Notes
242557 - Elizabethport 627 X 78 X 27 16,395 Chester, Pa. 1
a) Esso New Orleans (1942)
b) New Orleans
241153 - Los Angeles 620 X 78 X 30 16,395 Chester, Pa, 2
a) Esso Albany (1941)
b) USS Housatonic
c) Esso Albany
d) Esso Bethlehem
241220 - San Francisco 630 X 78 X 27 16,401 Chester, Pa. 3
a) Esso Trenton (1941)
b) USS Chicopee
c) Esso Trenton
d) Esso Chattanooga
242653 - San Juan 630 X 78 X 27 16,395 Chester, Pa. 2
a) Esso Raleigh (1942)
Notes
1. Rebuilt for container service by Todd Shipyards, Hoboken, N.J.
2. Rebuilt for container service by Bethlehem Steel, Hoboken, N.J.
3. Rebuilt for container service by Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore, Md.
With a 417-foot, midbody section that had been built at the Schlieker Werft yard in Ham-burg, West Germany, and towed across the North Atlantic by the Dutch tug Thames, and with a bow, stern and machinery that had previously been the heart of the T-3 tanker Esso New Orleans, Sea-Land's newest container ship, Elizabethport, set sail from her namesake city on September 8, 1962, bound for Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Several days after heading out the Kill van Kull and clearing New York Harbor, Elizabeth-port earned the honor of being the first all-container ship to transit the Panama Canal, and on September 26, the eighteenth day of the voyage, Elizabethport sailed under the Gold-en Gate Bridge and into San Francisco Bay.
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The Miramar Ship Index for "ESSO ALBANY (II)"
IDNo:
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5212426
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Year:
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1941
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Name:
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ESSO ALBANY
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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02.08.1941
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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11.1941
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Tons:
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10097
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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16401
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Yard No:
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217
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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153.6
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.8
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Builder:
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Sun
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Chester, Pa
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-15.5
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Subsequent History:
[1962 cv to containership with new midbody, Lg & widened 191.2/185.1 x 23.8m, 16395gt/15770dw] - 42 HOUSATONIC - 47 ESSO BETHLEHEM - 62 LOS ANGELES
Disposal Data:
Scrapped in Japan 1th quarter 1978 ( midbody used in building SEA-LAND PIONEER 17376 grt / 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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Change
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Registered Owner
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241153
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5212426
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1941
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ESSO ALBANY
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10097
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Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey)
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AO-35
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5212426
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1941
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HOUSATONIC
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10097
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1942
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U.S. Navy
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241153
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5212426
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1941
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HOUSATONIC
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10097
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1946
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U.S. Govt.
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241153
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5212426
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1941
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ESSO BETHLEHEM
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10097
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1947
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Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey)
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241153
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5212426
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1941
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ESSO BETHLEHEM
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10097
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1950
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Esso Sg Co.
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241153
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5212426
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5212426
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1941
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LOS ANGELES
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16395
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1962
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Sea-Land Service Inc.
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241153
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5212426
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5212426
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1941
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LOS ANGELES
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16395
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1963
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Beauregard Inc.
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241153
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5212426
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5212426
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1941
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LOS ANGELES
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16395
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1964
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Litton Industries Leasing Corp.
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Sisterships are "Esso Raleigh (II)", "Esso Trenton (II)" and "Esso New Orleans (II)".
Additional Info ;
AO-35 Housatonic ex Esso Albany (II).
Chicopee Class Fleet Oiler:
Completed in 1941 as Esso Albany under a Maritime Commission contract at Sun Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA,, for Standard Oil of New Jersey;
Acquired by the Navy and Commissioned, USS Housatonic (AO-35), 9 January 1942;
Decommissioned 11 March 1946 at San Francisco, CA.;
Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 22 October 1946, for disposal;
Final Disposition, sold by the Maritime Commission, 14 October 1947, to Standard Oil of New Jersey, as "Esso Bethlehem".
Commercial History :
Sold to her former owners, Standard Oil of New Jersey, 15 October 1947, renamed SS Esso Bethlehem
Sold, 15 June 1962, to Sea-Land Ships Inc., renamed SS Los Angeles
Sold, 29 March 1963, to Beauregard Inc., converted to a containership in 1963
Sold. 13 November 1964, to Litton Industries Leasing Corp.
Sold, 28 February 1975, to Reynolds Leasing Corp.
Sold, 23 March 1978, to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., for scrapping of bow and stern
Sold, 1 August 1978, to Reynolds Leasing Corp., renamed SS Sea-Land Pioneer
Re-flagged Bahamian, 18 June 1989
Sold, 14 July 1989, to Intersea Operations Ltd., Inc.
Final Disposition, scrapped, date unknown.
Specifications:
Displacement 5,375 t.(lt) 22,430 t.(fl); Length 520'; Beam 68'; Draft 30' 10"; Speed 16.5kts;
Complement 279; Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, two twin
40 mm gun mounts, two twin 20 mm gun mounts; Capacity 131,600 barrels;
Propulsion, geared turbines, single shaft. 9.000hp.
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
ESSO ALBANY - 1941 USA 1ST (aft) (15½)
10,097 grt for Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Wilmington, Del. 503.9 x 68.3
Tanker build by Sun SB. & DD. Co., Chester, Pa. (11) #217 241153
1942 - USS HOUSATONIC,U. S. Navy (AO-35)
1946 - U. S. Maritime Commission
1947 - ESSO BETHLEHEM, Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Wilmington, Del.
1950 - Esso Shipping Co., Wilmington, Del.
1962 - LOS ANGELES Sea-Land Service, Inc., Wilmington, Del. - converted to container ship -
midbody replaced and lengthened and widened 16,395 grt, 607.0 x 78.0
1963 - Beauregard, Inc., Wilmington, Del. [Sea-Land Service, Inc.]
1964 - Litton Industries Leasing Corp., Wilmington, Del. [Sea-Land Service, Inc.]
Dismantled in Japan, 1st quarter 1978, bow and machinery sections scrapped, midbody built in 1962
used in construction of m/v SEA-LAND PIONEER.