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Pipe Spring
T2-SE-A1
"Pipe Spring", at Cape Town, South Africa, date unknown.
(Photo A. Duncan)
"Pipe Spring", at Cape Town, South Africa, date unknown.
(Photo A. Duncan)
"Pipe Spring", location and data unknown.( Photo Copyright Hocken Collections city photo Otago )
"Caltex Athens" ex. "Pipe Spring". Source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Athens" ex. "Pipe Spring". Source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Athens" ex. "Pipe Spring" at Sydney, Australia, date unknown.
( Photo Copyright Marine Photography MBPH, Sydney, Australia )
PIPE SPRING, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 78. UMSC No. 1935. Off. nr. 246160.
Keel laid 26-05-1944. Launched 06-07-1944. Completed 03-08-1944. 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:
PIPE SPRING-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
PIPE SPRING-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Caltex, Panama.
CALTEX ATHENS-1952 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Caltex, Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Caltex Athens sold to shipbreakers in Hong Kong. Arrived Hong Kong, 23 Mar. 1963 to be broken up, work began 11 Nov.1961. [ By Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory Co. ]
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"Pipe Spring", Status Card.