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Stanvac Manila (II) - (1947-1962)
 
"Stanvac Manila" on 7th December 1957.
 
"Stanvac Manila" was build in 1944, as "La Mesa", by Sun S.B. & D.D. Co., Chester, Pa., Yardnumber # 426.
In 1947 she became "Stanvac Manila", Scrapped at Keelung 21.06.1962.
"Stanvac Manila", here departing Auckland, in the 1950's.
( Photo copyright Brent Chambers )
 
"Stanvac Manila" in rough weather.
 
"Stanvac Manila" at Wellington dock.

 Incoming comment on above photo :
From Peter Broomhead he wrote to me ;

You have a picture of the Stanvac Manila in Wellington. I believe that I was the Radio Officer on her when that picture was taken. We arrived off Wellington just before Christmas 1956 and had to anchor in the bay to wait for a discharge berth. When we started engines to move onto the  dock there was an  explosion from the engine room which was a generator stator winding flashing to ground. There wasn’t a facility in New Zealand that could handle the rewinding. Standard Oil found a replacement on the US East coast and charted a cargo plane (Slick Airlines, “we  fly anything anywhere”)  that could handle the unit. They refueled in St Louis, LA, Hawaii and  Fiji but had to land at the only field that could handle the load, that was a New Zealand Air Force base. The unit was  then transferred to a barge to  be delivered  to the ship. The floating crane you  see was there to take off the top of the engine room, lift out the defective generator and lower in the replacement. We were there for three weeks !

 
"Stanvac Manila".

From The Canberra Times, Saturday 21 February 1948.

NO UNION BAN ON IMPORTS, MELBOURNE, Friday.
No action will be taken by waterfront unions to prevent the discharge of 3,500,000 gallons
of petrol from the Netherlands East Indies, which arrived in the Vacuum Oil Company's
tanker Stanvac Manila. This is the first shipment to reach Australia from the NEI since
the war.
An official of the Waterside Workers' Federation said he did not know the Federation's
policy on Dutch shipping but reaffirmed that no action would be taken.

The Miramar Ship Index for "LA MESA"
IDNo:
2246905
Year:
1944
Name:
LA MESA
Launch Date:
08.11.1944
Type:
Tanker
Date of completion:
11.1944
Flag:
USA
Keel:

DWT:
16613
Yard No:
426
Length overall:
159.6
Ship Design:
T2-SE-A1
LPP:
153.3
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
20.7
Builder:
Sun
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Chester, Pa
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1TE-15

Subsequent History:
1947 STANVAC MANILA

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Keelung 21.06.1962.

History:
ON  
ID  
Year
Name  
Tons  
Change  
Owner
246905
2246905
1944
LA MESA
10297
U.S. Govt.
172803
2246905
1944
STANVAC MANILA
10297
1947
Socony-Vacuum Oil

Vessel Name:
STANVAC MANILA
Vessel ID:
500116308
Vessel Type:
Steamship
Tonnage:
10,724 gross
Engine:
Steamship
Abstract:
Visited Auckland 2 times between 27 Aug 1959 and 16 Oct 1959 (not all visits may be recorded in this database).