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T2-SE-A1
"Esso Utica".
 "Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica", before she was modernized.
( Photo Copyright A. Duncan )
 
"Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".
 "Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".
 
"Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".
 
"Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica", sailing Immingham, UK.
 
"Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".
 
"Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".
 
 "Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".
 
"Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".
 
"Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica", after replacing bow and
cargo section with new forebody, the midship accomodation is again installed.
 
"Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".
 
"Texaco Cocle", ex. "Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".
 
"Texaco Cocle", ex. "Texaco London", ex. "Glen Cove", ex. "Esso Uttica".

ESSO UTTICA, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 436. UMSC No.1732. Official nr. 247494.
Keel laid 22-12-1943. Launched 20-04-1944. Completed 29-04-1944. Gr. 10297 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26Tanks.
History:
ESSO UTICA-1944 for Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ESSO UTICA-1950 for Esso Shipping Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
GLEN COVE-1960 for Empire Tanker S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
GLEN COVE-1960 for Texaco Panama Inc., Monrovia, Liberia.
TEXACO LONDON-1961 for Texaco Panama Inc., Monrovia, Liberia.
TEXACO COCLE-1971 for Texaco Panama Inc., Panama.
POLARIS I-1977 for Unspecified Interests, Panama
Additional Reports:
Reported Texaco London lengthened and widened 1961 by replacing bow and cargo section with new forebody built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Company, Glasgow, delivered Nov. 1961.
New Dimensions 175.2 / 166.1 x 24.0 m, 14396 grt / 24891 dwt.
Reported Polaris I stranded 3 jul 1976 on east coast of San Andres Island in position 12.30 N / 81.43 W after breaking her moorings in bad weather. Refloated, not worth repair, sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived Brownsville, Texas 5 Jul. 1977 to be broken up.