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Cerro Gordo
T2-SE-A1
"Cerro Gordo".
"Cerro Gordo".
"Virginia", ex. "Cerro Gordo".
"Transhatteras", ex. "Maryland", ex. "Vera Cruz" is beiing prepared in Savannah, USA, for her final voyage to the scrapyardin Valencia, Spain, July 1970, in tow. On the right "Transorleans", ex. "Texaco Virginia", ex. “Virginia”, ex. “Cerro Cordo”.
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"Transorleans", ex. "Texaco Virginia", ex. “Virginia”, ex. “Cerro Cordo” is beiing prepared in Savannah, USA, for her final voyage to the scrapyard
in Valencia, Spain, July 1970, in tow.
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"Transorleans", ex. "Texaco Virginia", ex. “Virginia”, ex. “Cerro Cordo” is beiing prepared in Savannah, USA, for her final voyage
to the scrapyard in Valencia, Spain, July 1970, in tow.
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CERRO CORDO, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 281. UMSC No. 345. Official nr. 243224
Keel laid 30-11-1942. Launched 07-04-1943. Completed 20-04-1943. Gr. 10195 t., Net. 6373 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:
CERRO GORDO-1943 completed for The Texas Company, Texaco, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
VIRGINIA-1951 for The Texas Company, Texaco, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
TEXACO VIRGINIA-1960 for The Texas Company, Texaco, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
TRANSORLEANS-1962 for Hudson Waterways Corporation, New York, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Transorleans sold to shipbreakers in Spain. Arrived Valencia 2 Aug. 1970 to be broken up. Work began oct 1970. [ By Industrial Y Comercial de Levante S.A. ]
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