Auke Visser's Other Esso Related Tankers Site     |   home Lago / Creole Petroleum Corp. Esso Maracaibo (II) - (1959-1976) See also : The collison between "Esso Maracaibo" & the Bridge ( Photo thanks to Toby Young ). "Esso Winchester" (left) with the "Esso Maracaibo" (right) once again in Aurba 1967. Build in 1959 "Esso Maracaibo", further history unknown. Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers : ESSO  MARACAIBO - 1959 24727 GRT /  35601 DWT - for Creole Petroleum Corp. - VE Measurements : 198.1 / 189.0 / 27.7 Tanker, 1 Steamturbine, speed 15 knots Build by Hitachi Zosen : Innoshima  (#3824) 1964 Added new section, Length  212.2 / 203.0 / 24088grt / 40925dwt. 1976 LAGOVEN MARACAIBO (Lagoven S.A. - VE) Broken Up at National Ship Demolition : Kaohsiung : Arrived 20 June 1985.   "Lagoven Maracaibo", ex. "Esso Maracaibo", awaiting for towing to Kaosiung, Taiwan, for breaking up. She was towed in tandem with the "Dorios", ex. "Pappas Thessaloniki", from Venezuela to Taiwan. Some photos of a model of the "Esso Maracaibo", made by KASAI MODEL SHIP YARD. Model of the "Esso Maracaibo".