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Tarlac
T1-M-BT2
Rincon Class Gasoline Tanker
Built October 1945 by Todd Houston S.B. Corp. Houston as "Tarlac" # 2643, for U.M.S.C.
1945 „TARLAC", U.S. Maritime Commission, Houston.
1945 „LANGE CREEK", U.S. War Shipping Administration, Houston.
10.1947 sold; 1948 renamed : „STANVAC PENDOPO", callsign PHSK.
1959 „STANVAC PENDOPO", Petroleum Shipping Services Inc., Panama.
1963 „CANOPUS", Petroleum Tankship Co. Inc., Panama.
04.1979 scrapped by Loy Kee Shipbreaker & Transportation Co., Hong Kong.
( See photos below )
Ship Report for "TARLAC"
IDNo:
5410523
Year:
1945
Name:
TARLAC
Launch Date:
22.06.1945
Type:
Tanker
Date of completion:
10.1945
Flag:
USA
Keel:

DWT:
4205
Yard No:
216
Length overall:
99.1
Ship Design:
T1-M-BT2
LPP:
94.2
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
14.6
Builder:
Todd-Houston
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Houston
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1D-10

Owner as Completed:
U.S.War Sg Administration, Houston

Subsequent History:
1945 LANCE CREEK - 1947 STANVAC PENDOPO - 1963 CANOPUS

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Hong Kong 04.1979.

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Name change
Main Owner
5410523
1945
TARLAC
3235
U.S.Govt
5410523
1945
LANCE CREEK
3235
1945
U.S.Govt
5410523
1945
STANVAC PENDOPO
3235
1947
Standard Vacuum Tank
5410523
5410523
1945
CANOPUS
3235
1963
Petroleum Sg Service

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"Stanvac Pendopo", ex. "Lange Creek", ex "Tarlac".
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"Stanvac Pendopo", ex. "Lange Creek", ex "Tarlac".
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"Canopus", ex. "Stanvac Pendopo", ex. "Lange Creek", ex "Tarlac".