Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages     |   home
Index
Blue Licks
T2-SE-A1
 "Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks".
 
"Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks".
 
"Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks".
 
"Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks".
 "Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks" at Ireland, February 19th, 1954.
( Photo Copyright Robbie Cox )
 
"Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks", seen at Brisbane very late 1940s.
( Photo courtesy Queensland Maritime Museum Brisbane Queensland )
 
"Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks".
 
"Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks".
 
"Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks".
 
"Caltex Utrecht" ex. "Blue Licks".

BLUE LICKS, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 330. UMSC No. 2055. Off. nr. 247381.
Keel laid 19-12-1944. Launched 17-02-1945. Completed 13-03-1945. 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:
BLUE LICKS-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
BLUE LICKS-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
CALTEX UTRECHT-1950 for N.V. Nederlandsche Pacific Tankvaart Maatschappij, The Hague, Netherlands.
PRAIA BRANCA-1966 for Lisnave Shipyard, Lisbon, Portugal.
Additional Reports:
Reported Praia Branca hulked at Lisbon 1966. Converted to tank cleaning and slop reception hulk.
Reported Praia Branca Deleted from Lloyds Registers 1967.