Esso Bridgeport - (1947-1964)

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"Esso Bridgeport", ex. "Spirit Lake".

"Marine Texan", ex. "Esso Bridgeoprt", ex. "Spirit Lake", re-built as a chemical tanker,

laid up in Pt. Arthur, october 1984.

( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )

"Marine Texan", ex. "Esso Bridgeoprt", ex. "Spirit Lake".

( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )

Additional information :

T2-SE-A1

Built April 1945 by Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama

as "Spirit Lake" # 2060, for U.M.S.C.

1948 - ESSO BRIDGEPORT, Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), Wilmington, Del.

1950 - Esso Shipping Company, Wilmington, Del.

1960 - Humble Oil & Refining Co., Wilmington, Del.

1963 - MARINE TEXAN, Marine Sulphur Carriers Corp. (Marine Transport Lines, Inc.), Wilmington, Del. (New York)

converted for carriage of molten sulphur in bulk by replacement of bow and cargo section with new forebody built

by Alabama DD. & SB. Co., Mobile, resulting vessel, 10,065 grt, 588.1 x 78.6', delivered 01/1064

Broken up at Kaohsiung 1988 by Chi Shun Hua Steel Co., Ltd., arrved prior 02.05.1988 in tow,

work began 08.06.1988.

The Miramar Ship Index for "SPIRIT LAKE"

DWT:	16613	Yard No:	335
Length overall:	159.6	Ship Design:	T2-SE-A1
LPP:	153.3	Country of build:	USA
Beam:	20.7	Builder:	Alabama DD
Material of build:		Location of yard:	Mobile
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):	1TE-15

Owner as Completed:

U.S.War Sg Administration, Mobile

Subsequent History:

1948 ESSO BRIDGEPORT -

[1964 Converted to bulk carrier, 11065 grt, replacement of bow and cargo section with new forebody]

1979 MARINE TEXAN.

Disposal Data:

Scrapped at Kaohsiung 08.06.1988.

History:

ON	ID	Year built	Name	Tons	Name change	Owner
247563	2247563	1945	SPIRIT LAKE	10172		US Govm
247563	2247563	1945	ESSO BRIDGEPORT	10172	1948	Standard Oil Co NJ
247563	2247563	1945	MARINE TEXAN	10065	1963	Marine Sulphur Carriers Corp.