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Esso Gettysburg (1) - (1943-1943)
Launch & christening "Gettysburg / Esso Gettysburg (1)"
Photos below, launch of the "Gettysburg", Hull 241, on 2 Februari 1942.
Single screw, turbo-electric, 6, 000 SHP, 16, 615 DWT.
First T-2 Tanker. Build by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.
Ship type Tanker T2
Launch & Christening of the "Gettysburg".
( All photos by A.V. Knott )
   

   

   

   


   

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( All photos above by A.V. Knott )