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Quaker Hill
T2-SE-A1
"Quaker Hill".
"Caltex Karachi" ex. "Quaker Hill".
"Caltex Karachi" ex. "Quaker Hill".
( Photo collection Morten Bjørndalen )
"Caltex Karachi" ex. "Quaker Hill".
"Caltex Karachi" ex. "Quaker Hill".
( Basil Harris @ MPB Private Collection )
"Caltex Karachi" ex. "Quaker Hill".
QUAKER HILL, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 310. UMSC No. 1518. Off. nr. 246740.
Keel laid 27-07-1944. Launched 07-10-1944. Completed 30-10-1944. Gr. 10172 t., Net. 6423 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 11,93 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
QUAKER HILL-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
QUAKER HILL-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
CALTEX KARACHI-1951 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
CALTEX KARACHI-1952 for Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain.
Additional Reports:
Reported Caltex Karachi sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 6 Nov. 1966 to be broken up.
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