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T2-SE-A1
See also : Maritime Administration Cards : Wheeler Hills
“Wheeler Hills”during the war, location and date unknown.
( Photo US Coast Guard )
 "Wheeler Hills” just after the war, anchored, location and date unknown.
( Photo US Coast Guard )
 
"Esso Rotterdam", ex. “Wheeler Hills”.
"Esso Rotterdam", ex. “Wheeler Hills”.
"Esso Rotterdam", ex. “Wheeler Hills”.
"Esso Rotterdam", ex. “Wheeler Hills”.
 "Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam", ex. "Wheeler Hills”, rebuild as a Bulk carrier.
 "Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam", ex. "Wheeler Hills”.
 
"Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam", ex. "Wheeler Hills”..
 
"Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam ", ex. "Wheeler Hills".
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
 
"Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam", ex. "Wheeler Hills".
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
 
"Pyramid Veteran" ex. "Pheathon" ex. "Esso Rotterdam" ex. “Wheeler Hills”.

WHEELER HILLS, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Marinship Co., Sausalito, California.
Yardnr. 87. USMC nr.2541. Official nr. 248398.
Keel laid 28-05-1945. Launched 14-07-1945. Completed 31-07-1945. Gr. 14892 t., Net. 8766 t., Dw. 24606 t. L.o.a. 173,83 m., Br. 22,92 m., Dr. 10,43 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Eliott & Company, Jeanette, Pennsylvania. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 5 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
WHEELER HILLS-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, San Francisco, California, USA.
ESSO ROTTERDAM-1947 for N.V. Petroleum Industries Maatschappij, The Hague, Netherlands.
ESSO ROTTERDAM-1958 for Esso Tankvaart Maatschappij N.V., The Hague, Netherlands.
PHAETON-1959 for Comet Shipping Company S.A., Piraeus, Greece.
PHAETON-1965 for Comet Shipping Company S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
PYRAMID VETERAN-1974 for Creole Shipping Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas.
CAT NO.1-1977 for F.B.V. Corporation [Bahamas] Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas.
Additional Reports:
Reported Phaeton lengthened, widened and converted in bulk carrier in 1960 at Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam.
New dimensions 8 Holds, 8 hatches: 8,0 6,4 8,0 8,0 8,0 8,0 8,0 8,0 x 10,6 m, 172,5m pp x 22,9m, 15005 gt / 23000 Dw.
Reported Cat No.1 sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived Brownsville, Texas 18 Apr. 1978 to be broken up. [ By Consolidated Andy Inc. ]

S.S. Wheeler Hills, Tanker, hull #87, keel laid 5/28/45, launched June 14, 1945 Sponsor: Mrs. P. R. Quick; matron of honor Mrs. George Clark. In private operation as ore carrier under Greek flag and renamed "Phaeton" in October, 1960. 1960 - bulk carrier "Amsterdam".