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T2-SE-A1
See also : "Chapultepec", torpedoed by German sub
 
"Chapultepec", anchored on May 6th, 1943. (Photo US Coast Guard)
 "Chapultepec" on October 6th 1943 in convoy at position 36°55'N / 75°°40'W course 270° appr.19 miles east off Chesapeake Bay.
Owned by U.S.Department of Commerce and operated by Barber Asphalt & Oil Corp.under WSA Service Agreement Form GAA Tanker
(General Agent Agreement) (Photo National Archives)
 
"Luckystar", ex. "Samuel C. Loveland", ex. "Chapultepec".
 "Luckystar", ex. "Samuel C. Loveland", ex. "Chapultepec" at Copenhagen, Denmark in 1954.
"Luckystar", ex. "Samuel C. Loveland", ex. "Chapultepec", anchored, source, location and date unknown.
 Discharge book of Bill Woods, electrician on the "Luckystar".
( Thanks to Bill Wood )
 
"Phalcon", ex. "Luckystar", ex. "Samuel C. Loveland", ex. "Chapultepec" at Vancouver B.C., Canada, January 3rd, 1970.
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
 
"Phalcon", ex. "Luckystar", ex. "Samuel C. Loveland", ex. "Chapultepec", source, location and date unknown.
 "Al Sayb", ex. "Phalcon", ex. "Luckystar", ex. "Samuel C. Loveland", ex. "Chapultepec".
Located in Al Jubail as a cement receiving ship named Al Sayb. The machinery has been removed. And on deck there are
mounted 2 Gantry cranes for unloading cement. This photo is from 1980.
( Photo Copyright Finn Aage Aasmundsen )

Chapultepec, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 284. UMSC No. 349. Official nr. 243439
Keel laid 23-02-1943. Launched 20-05-1943. Completed 29-05-1943. Gr. 10195 t., Net. 6390 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
CHAPULTEPEC-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
SAMUEL C. LOVELAND-1947 for Flanigan, Loveland Shipping Company S.A., Panama.
LUCKY STAR-1951 for Baltico Compania Naviera S.A., Panama.
FALCON-1960 for Baltico Compania Naviera S.A., Piraeus, Greece.
PHALCON-1965 for Baltico Compania Naviera S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
AL SAYB-1976 for Duar F. International Ltd., Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Chapultepec attacked and hit by torpedo by German submarine U-580, 90 miles north east of Cristobal, kept afloat and arrived Galveston for repairs.
Reported Falcon lengthened, widened and converted into bulk carrier 1960 by Cockerill Ougree, Hoboken, Belgium.
New Dimensions 7 Holds. 7 Hatches: 9,9 x 8,5 m 12,9 12,9 12,9 12,9 12,9 12,9 x 10,3 m, 189.0 / 182.9 x 23.0 m, 13548 grt / 23745 dwt.
Reported Al Sayb converted into cement store ship.
Deleted from Lloyds Register in 1980’s, no further info, no longer self-propelled.

 "Chapultepec", Staus Card.