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Canyon Creek
T2-SE-A1
"Canyon Creek", during WW2.
(PHoto US Caost Guard)
"Esso Burlington", ex. "Canyon Creek", source, location and date unknown.
"Esso Burlington", ex. "Canyon Creek", source, location and date unknown.
"Esso Burlington", ex. "Canyon Creek", source, location and date unknown.
"Trinity Mariner", ex. "Esso Burlington", ex. "Canyon Creek", on the Weser, Germany, 02-1962.
( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )
CANYON CREEK, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 249. UMSC No. 533. Off. nr. 243087.
Keel laid 28-05-1942. Launched 28-02-1943. Completed 29-05-1943. Gr. 10172 t., Net. 6423 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 11,93 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
CANYON CREEK-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
ESSO BURLINGTON-1947 for Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ESSO BURLINGTON-1950 for Esso Shipping Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ESSO BURLINGTON-1956 for Panama Transportaion Company, Panama..
TRINITY MARINER-1964 for Trinity Marine Corporation, Marine Transport Lines Inc., Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Trinity Mariner sold to shipbreakers in Japan. Arrived Osaka 11 April 1964 to be broken up, work began 5 June 1964.
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