GAS-Carriers > 75,000 CBM
GAS-Carriers > 75,000 CBM
LNG Carriers No Longer in Service
(as of August 6, 2009)

Name of Ship
Operator
Shipbuilder
Year Built or Rebuilt
# of Voyages
Year With-drawn
Cargo Capacity (cu.m.)
Cargo System
Disposition
Methane (barge)
Chicago Stockyards
Ingalls
1955
0
1955
5,550
Morrison
Converted to an oil barge
Beauvais
Gaz de France
Atlantique
1962
0
1962
640
Mixed
Scrapped
Pythagore
Gazocean
Le Havre
1964
1
1964
610
TZM
Converted to a fish carrier
Aristotle (ex Methane Pioneer)
Stephenson, Clarke
Alabama
1958
30
1972
5,000
Morrison
Converted to LPG storage
Euclides
Gazocean
Le Havre
1971
14
1973
4,000
TZM
Converted to an LPG carrier
Sanko Ethylene Maru
Hitachi Zosen
Hitachi
1974
0
1974
1,100
Hitachi
Disposition unknown
Massachusetts (barge)
Moran Tankship
Todd Houston
1974
7
1974
4,000
Unknown
Converted to LPG storage
Sant Jordi
Unknown
Bilbao
1975
0
1975
5,000
Sener
Sank off Spain in 1995
El Paso Columbia
El Paso Tankers
Avondale
1979
0
1979
130,000
Conch
Converted to OBO, scrapped in 2000
El Paso Savannah
El Paso Tankers
Avondale
1979
0
1979
130,000
Conch
Converted to OBO, now an FPSO
El Paso Cove Point
El Paso Tankers
Avondale
1979
0
1979
130,000
Conch
Wrecked and scrapped in 1987
Ben Franklin
SNTM-Hyproc
La Ciotat
1975
5
1980
120,000
TZM
Scrapped in 1980
El Paso Paul Keyser
El Paso Tankers
Dunkerque
1976
12
1980
129,500
GT
Scrapped in 1985
El Paso Sonatrach
El Paso Tankers
Dunkerque
1977
26
1980
129,500
GT
Scrapped in 1985
El Paso Consolidated
El Paso Tankers
Dunkerque
1977
15
1980
129,500
GT
Scrapped in 1987
Esso Portovenere
SNAM
Italcantieri
1971
335
1984
40,000
Esso
Scrapped in 1984
Methane Progress
British Gas
Harland & Wolff
1964
467
1992
27,400
Conch
Scrapped in 1992
Methane Princess
British Gas
Vickers-Armstrong
1964
500+
1998
27,400
Conch
Scrapped in 1998
Havfru
BW Gas
Moss Verft
1973
May-07
29,388
Moss
Scrapped in 2007
Laieta
Maritima del Norte
Astano
1970
Jun-08
40,000
Esso
Scrapped in 2008
Cinderella
TMT Co. Ltd.
Le Trait
1965
Jul-08
25,500
Worms
Scrapped in 2008
Charm Junior
TMT Co. Ltd.
Atlantique
1971
Jul-08
50,000
TZ Mk. 1
Scrapped in 2008
Century
BW Gas
Moss Verft
1974
Nov-08
29,588
Moss
Scrapped in 2008
Golar Spirit
Golar LNG
Kawasaki
1981
2009
129,000
Moss
Converted to FSRU
Golar Winter
Golar LNG
Daewoo
2004
2009
138,250
GT NO 96
Converted to FSRU
Golar Frost
Golar LNG
Hyundai
2004
2009
138,830
Moss
Converted to FSRU
Margaret Hill
V Ships LNG
Moss Stavanger
1974
Aug-09
87,600
Moss
Converted to LNG treatment vessel