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Hovenweep
T2-SE-A1
"Hovenweep", after her launch on August 11th 1944.
"Oilfield" ex. "Hovenweep".
"Oilfield" ex. "Hovenweep".
"Northern Eagle", ex. "Oilfield", ex. "Hovenweep", drydocked in Bremerhaven (Germany) in 06-1973.
( Photo by G. Mueller-Debus )
"Northern Eagle", ex. "Oilfield", ex. "Hovenweep", drydocked in Bremerhaven (Germany) in 06-1973.
( Photo by G. Mueller-Debus )
"Northern Eagle", ex. "Oilfield", ex. "Hovenweep", drydocked in Bremerhaven (Germany) in 06-1973.
( Photo by G. Mueller-Debus )
"Northern Eagle", ex. "Oilfield", ex. "Hovenweep".
"Northern Eagle", ex. "Oilfield", ex. "Hovenweep", in the St.Lawrence Seaway in 1973.
( Photo Copyright René Beauchamp )
"Northern Eagle", ex. "Oilfield", ex. "Hovenweep".
( Photo Copyright Cape Town Ships Slides )
"Northern Eagle", ex. "Oilfield", ex. "Hovenweep" at Port Weller piers, Ontario, Canada, August 1967.( Photo Copyright Barry-Andersen )
HOVENWEEP, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 85. UMSC No. 1942. Off. nr. 246384.
Keel laid 30-06-1944. Launched 11-08-1944. Completed 03-09-1944. 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:
HOVENWEEP-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
OILFIELD-1947 for Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Company Ltd., Newcastle, Great Britain.
NORTHERN EAGLE-1959 for Intercontinental Navigation Corporation & Transocean Freighters Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Northern Eagle lengthened, widened and converted into bulk carrier in 1962 by replacement of cargo section with new mid-body built by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke, Emden.
New dimensions, 6 Holds, 6 Hatches: 3,4 x 4,5 m. 12,2 18,5 12,2 19,0 12,2 x 9,1 m., 183,7 / 177,0 x 23,0 m, 14800 grt / 24938 dwt.
Reported Northern Eagle sold to shipbreakers in Yugoslavia. Arrived Split 26 Oct. 1978 to be broken up. [ By Sveti Kajo, Brodospas ]
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