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El Morro
T2-SE-A1
"El Morro" source, location and date unknown.
"El Morro" source, location and date unknown.
"El Morro" source, location and date unknown.
"El Morro" source, location and date unknown.
"El Morro" source, location and date unknown.
"El Morro" source, location and date unknown.
"El Morro", coming in to Blyth in 1959 for scrapping, source unknown.
Harry 3rd Engineer, on board the "El MORRO", River plate Argentina.
( Photo send in by Tim Dwyer, whose father Harry sailed on "El Moro" )
EL MORRO, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 101. UMSC No. 1958. Off. nr. 246894.
Keel laid 22-09-1944. Launched 03-11-1944. Completed 27-11-1944. Gr. 10448 t., Net. 6285 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 8,99 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
EL MORRO-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
EL MORRO-1947 for British Petroleum Company Ltd., London, Great Britain.
EL MORRO-1956 for British Tanker Company Ltd., London, Great Britain.
Additional Reports:
Reported El Morro sold to shipbreakers in Great Britain. Arrived Blyth 4 Nov. 1959 to be broken up. [ By Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Company ]
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