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Camp Charlotte
T2-SE-A1
"Camp Charlotte" during war time, starboard aft quarter of ship being docked, location and date unknown. ( Photo John L. Lochhead )
"Robert E. Hopkins" ex. "Camp Charlotte".
"Robert E. Hopkins" ex. "Camp Charlotte".
"Louisiana Brimstone" ex. "Louisianan" ex. "Robert E. Hopkins" ex. "Camp Charlotte",
after conversion.
"Louisiana Brimstone" ex. "Louisianan" ex. "Robert E. Hopkins" ex. "Camp Charlotte".
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"Louisiana Brimstone" ex. "Louisianan" ex. "Robert E. Hopkins" ex. "Camp Charlotte".
"Louisiana Brimstone" ex. "Louisianan" ex. "Robert E. Hopkins" ex. "Camp Charlotte".
( Photo thanks to Mike Cotting )
He wrote : Here is a photo of the Louisiana Brimstone scanned from a postcard.
Please excuse the grainy quality.
I worked aboard this vessel in 1990-91 before she went aground in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.
I was also involved with the salvage operation and subsequent dry-docking in Vera Cruz.
"Louisiana Brimstone" ex. "Louisianan" ex. "Robert E. Hopkins" ex. "Camp Charlotte".
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CAMP CHARLOTTE, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 485. UMSC No.2442. Official nr. 247757.
Keel laid 08-02-1945. Launched 12-05-1945. Completed 26-05-1945. 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. 26 Tanks.
History:
CAMP CHARLOTTE-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
ROBERT E. HOPKINS-1947 for Tidewater Associated Oil Company Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ROBERT E. HOPKINS-1957 for Tidewater Oil Company Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
LOUISIANAN-1964 for Neptune Sulphur Carriers Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
LOUISIANA BRIMSTONE-1965 for Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York, USA.
LOUISIANA BRIMSTONE-1990 for First National Bank of Commerce, New York, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Louisianan lengthened, widened and converted into molten sulphur tanker in 1965, bow and cargo section replaced by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News.
New dimensions 186.6 / 178.5 x 24.4 m, 13118 grt / 24559 dwt.
Reported Louisiana Brimstone stranded in the river entrance at Coatzacoalcos 20 Feb. 1991, engine room flooded, refloated 4 Mar. temporary repairs at Veracruz, laid up at Tampa as constructive total loss.
Reported Louisiana Brimstone sold to Freeport McCoran Resource Partners, re-sold to shipbreakers in India. Arrived Alang 21 Jan. 1993 to be broken up. [ By Virendra & Co. ]
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