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T2-SE-A1
 "Great Meadows" inbound August 10th, 1943.
(Photo US Coast Guard)
 "Great Meadows" outbound August 13th, 1943.
(Photo US Coast Guard)
 
 "Gulfmeadows", ex. "Great Meadows" source, location and date unknown.
 "Gulfmeadows", ex. "Great Meadows" arrives at the Bethlehem Key Highway shipyard in Baltimore for enlargement in 1957.
( Photo source: Capt. James McNamara )
 "Gulfbeaver", ex. "Gulfmeadows", ex. "Great Meadows" steams proudly down the Chesapeake Bay in 1957.
( Photo source: Capt. James McNamara )
 "Gulfbeaver", ex. "Gulfmeadows", ex. "Great Meadows" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Gulfbeaver", ex. "Gulfmeadows", ex. "Great Meadows".
( Photo copyright Gulf Oil Corp )
"Gulfbeaver", ex. "Gulfmeadows", ex. "Great Meadows".
 
"Gulfbeaver", ex. "Gulfmeadows", ex. "Great Meadows" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Gulfbeaver", ex. "Gulfmeadows", ex. "Great Meadows".
( The Baltimore Sun Photo )
 "Gulfbeaver", ex. "Gulfmeadows", ex. "Great Meadows", sorry for the watermark.

GREAT MEADOWS, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 319. UMSC No. 312. Official nr. 2436579.
Keel laid 02-03-1943. Launched 11-06-1943. Completed 24-06-1943. Gr. 10195 t., Net. 6236 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:
GREAT MEADOWS-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
GREAT MEADOWS-1947 for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, USA.
GULFMEADOWS-1948 for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, USA.
GULFBEAVER-1957 for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, USA.
LAS PIEDRAS-1971 for Afran Transport Company, Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Gulfbeaver lengthened and widened in1957 by replacement of cargo section with new midbody by Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore, Maryland, .work completed Apr. 1957.
1957 New Dimensions 168.1 pp x 23.0 m, 12811 grt.
Reported Las Piedras sold to shipbreakers in Spain. Arrived 10 Jul. 1975 to be broken up. Work began 1 Sep. 1975. [ By Desguaces Aviles S.A., San Esteban de Pravia ]