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Victory Loan
T2-SE-A1
"Victory Loan".
"Victory Loan".
"Victory Loan", about to dock Hamilton Wharf late 1940s .
( Photo Copyright Queensland Maritime Museum Brisbane )
"Caltex Melbourne", ex. "Victory Loan".
"Caltex Melbourne", ex. "Victory Loan", at Sydney Harbour 1952.
( Basil Harris @ MPB Private Collection )
"Caltex Melbourne", ex. "Victory Loan".
"Texaco Melbourne", ex. "Caltex Melbourne", ex. "Victory Loan", after rebuilding.
( Photo Copyright Morten Bjordalen )
"Texaco Melbourne", ex. "Caltex Melbourne", ex. "Victory Loan", after rebuilding.
"Texaco Melbourne", ex. "Caltex Melbourne", ex. "Victory Loan", after rebuilding.
"Texaco Melbourne", ex. "Caltex Melbourne", ex. "Victory Loan", after rebuilding.
"Texaco Melbourne", ex. "Caltex Melbourne", ex. "Victory Loan".
( Photo Copyright Morten Bjordalen )
VICTORY LOAN, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 151. UMSC No. 2723 Off. nr. 248847.
Keel laid 12-07-1945. Launched 06-10-1945. Completed 29-10-1945. 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:
VICTORY LOAN-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
VICTORY LOAN-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
VICTORY LOAN-1950 for Overseas Tankship (U.K.) Ltd., London, Great Britain.
CALTEX MELBOURNE-1951 for Overseas Tankship (U.K.) Ltd., London, Great Britain.
TEXACO MELBOURNE-1967 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, London, Great Britain.
Additional Reports:
Reported Caltex Melbourne lengthened, widened and rebuilt in 1967 by replacing bow and cargo section with new forebody built by Hitachi Zosen Kisen Kaisha, Kawasaki. Delivered Dec. 1967.
New Dimensions, 18 Tanks, 167,44 o.a. x 23,6 m, 13889grt.
Reported Texaco Melbourne sold to shipbreakers in Brazil. Arrived Porto Alegre 14 Nov. 1985 to be broken up. [ By iderurgica Rio Grandense S.A. ]
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