Mobil Fuel - (1957-1984)

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"Mobil Fuel".

"Mobil Fuel".

"Mobil Fuel".

"Mobil Fuel".

( Photo Copyright Paul Sullivan )

Type PRODUCT TANKER Owner KURZ CHAZ (Bare boated to Mobil her entire life) Flag U S A Built 1957

Yard BETH STEEL QUINCY MA. Engine PARSONS HP 15 000 GT 18 669 DW 31 645

Scanned from a slide taken while she was at Mobil's refinery in Paulsboro NJ, Sept. 1974.

Note her bulbous bow, which was added to her and her two sisters the "Mobil Power" and "Mobil Lube"

sometime after they were built. The anchor could not be dropped from the hawse (unless it was a

dire emergency !) because it would hit the bulb. Instead it had to be walked out on the windlass

until it slid over the bulb, then braked up to let go.

( Photo thanks to Paul Sullivan )

"Mobil Fuel", at ARCO Docks, Philadelphia, PA.

"Mobil Fuel".

Additional information :

18,669 GRT, 31,645 DWT, 197 meter length, 26 meter breadth.

Additional information Starke & Schell registers :

MOBIL FUEL - 1957

18667 GRT, for Kurz Tankers Inc - USA, 31145 DWT

Built by Bethlehem : Quincy : 1659

645 Feet / 615 Feet / 84 Feet, Tanker, 1 DR. Steamturbines Speed 16½

1985 MECHAN (Keystone Sg Co - USA)

1985 MEACHAM (Dept of Tptn - USA)

Srapped 1998.

The Miramar Ship Index for "5238212"

Tons:	18667	Link:	-
DWT:	31645	Yard No:	1659
Length overall:	196.5	Ship Design:
LPP:	187.5	Country of build:	USA
Beam:	25.7	Builder:	Bethlehem SB Corp.
Material of build:		Location of yard:	Quincy
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):	1ST-16.5

Subsequent History:

1985 MEACHAM

Disposal Data:

Laid up in the Reserve fleet as at 1998, Srapped 1998.

History: