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T2-SE-A1
 "Fort Ridgely" during the war at New York.
( Photo Copyright Roger Scozzafava )
 
"Fort Ridgely".
 
"Fort Ridgely".
 "Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
( Photo Real Photographs )
 
"Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
 
"Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
 
"Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
 
"Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
 
"Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
( Photo collection Dave Edge )
 
 "Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
"Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
( Photo collection Dave Edge )
 
"Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
 
"Chevron Leiden", ex. "Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely", after conversion.
 
"Chevron Leiden", ex. "Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
 
"Chevron Leiden", ex. "Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
 
"Chevron Leiden", ex. "Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
 "Chevron Leiden", ex. "Caltex Leiden", ex. "Fort Ridgely".
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FORT RIDGELY, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 245. UMSC No. 529. Off. nr. 246865.
Keel laid 01-09-1944. Launched 12-11-1944. Completed 30-11-1944. 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:
FORT RIDGELY-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
FORT RIDGELY-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
CALTEX LEIDEN-1950 for N.V. Nederlandsche Pacific Tankvaart Maatschappij, The Hague, Netherlands.
CHEVRON LEIDEN-1966 for Chevron Tanker (Netherlands) N.V., The Hague, Netherlands.
LEIDEN-1977 for Aseco Industrial & Commercial Corporation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Additional Reports:
Reported Caltex Leiden lengthened, widened and rebuilt in 1966 by replacement of bow and cargo section with new forebody built by Asano Dockyard Nippon Kokan, Yokohama. Delivered Nov. 1966.
New dimensions 18 Tanks, 172.4 / 164.6 x 23.6 m, 13785 grt / 22403 dwt.
Reported Chevron Leiden suffered turbine explosion 1 Nov. 1976 in position 06.05 N / 91.40 E, whilst on voyage from Batangas to Bahrein. Towed into Singapore.
Reported Leiden sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 17 Feb. 1977 to be broken up. Work began 20 Mar. [ By Gi Yuen Steel Enterprise ]