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Fort Clatsop
Built November 1944 by The Kaiser Company, Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon,
as "Fort Clatsop" # 1954, for U.M.S.C.
1948 - Standard Oil Co. of California, San Francisco
1957 - OREGON STANDARD, s/o
Collided with te/t ARIZONA STANDARD, 18 Jan 1971, in San Francisco Bay entrance,
voyage San Francisco - Vancouver, heavy fuel oil.,
bow removed to repair ARIZONA STANDARD., bow and 109' forward cargo section replaced
with forward section discarded from conversion of T-2 tanker PETROLITE to container ship
Broken up at Kaohsiung 1976 by Nan Yung Steel & Iron Co., Ltd.,
arrived 27.04.1976, work began 29.05.1976.
( See photos below )
Ship Report for "FORT CLATSOP"
IDNo:
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2246773
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Year:
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1944
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Name:
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FORT CLATSOP
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Launch Date:
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13.10.1944
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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11.1944
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Flag:
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USA
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Keel:
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DWT:
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16613
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Yard No:
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97
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Length overall:
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159.6
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Ship Design:
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T2-SE-A1
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LPP:
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153.3
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.7
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Builder:
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Kaiser
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Swan Island
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1TE-15
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Owner as Completed:
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U.S.War Sg Administration, Portland, Ore.
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Subsequent History:
1957 OREGON STANDARD -
[ 1971 forepart removed & replaced with that from PETROLITE, converted to container ship ]
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 27.04.1976.
"Fort Clatsop".
"Fort Clatsop".
"Oregon Standard", ex. "Fort Clatsop", after the collision with the "Arizona Standard", in 1971.
( Newspaper clip photo )
Note :
January 1971 - Collision: At 1:41 a.m., January. 18, in low visibility, as the HARP watch standers looked
on helplessly, the tankers ARIZONA STANDARD and OREGON STANDARD collided near the Golden Gate
Bridge, spilling 800,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay, causing extreme environmental damage and
raising national publicity. This collision resulted in the complete shutdown of port operations. The cause of the
accident, according to the NTSB was: (1) the failure of the vessels to establish and maintain communications;
(2) navigating a narrow channel in dense fog; (3) failure of the OREGON STANDARD to make timely radar
contact; (4) loss of radar contact by the ARIZONA STANDARD and (5) negligence on the part of both masters.
The NTSB recommended that HARP be continued and that Congress pass legislation requiring the use of
Bridge-to-Bridge radiotelephone.
( U.S. Coast Guard )
"Oregon Standard", ex. "Fort Clatsop", after the collision with the "Arizona Standard", in 1971.
( Newspaper clip photo )
No Custody & Disposal CARDS