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Chicaca
T2-SE-A1
"Chicaca".( Photo Copyright Reserved )
"Caltex Saigon", ex. "Chicaca", departing Sydney, Australia, approx. 1961.( Photo Copyright Marine Photography in Sydney )
"Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".
"Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".
"Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".
"Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".
( Copyright Tony Westmore )
Nice painting by Tony Westmore maritime artist painter.
( See his web-site : http://www.shippaintings.co.uk/ )
"Texaco Saigon" ex. "Caltex Saigon", ex. "Chicaca".
( Photo collection Morten Bjørndalen )
"Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca" seen here, rebuilt and renamed as "Texaco Saigon".
( Photo collection Morten Bjørndalen )
"Texaco Saigon", ex. "Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".
( Photo Malacca Airphoto )
"Texaco Saigon", ex. "Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".
( Photo Malacca Airphoto )
"Texaco Singapore", ex. "Texaco Saigon", ex. "Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".
"Texaco Singapore", ex. "Texaco Saigon", ex. "Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca" at Gravesend, London, UK, October 20th, 1978.( Photo Copyright Bob Scott )
"Texaco Singapore", ex. "Texaco Saigon", ex. "Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".
"Texaco Singapore", ex. "Texaco Saigon", ex. "Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".
( Photo Joh B Hill collection )
"Texaco Singapore", ex. "Texaco Saigon", ex. "Caltex Saigon" ex. "Chicaca".CHICACA, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
\Yardnumber 337. UMSC No. 2062. Off. nr. 2476813.
Keel laid 02-02-1945. Launched 12-04-1945. Completed 15-05-1945. 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:
CHICACA-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
CHICACA-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
CALTEX SAIGON-1952 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
CALTEX SAIGON-1959 for Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain.
TEXACO SAIGON-1968 for Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd., London, Great Britain.
TEXACO SINGAPORE-1975 for Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd., London, Great Britain.
Additional Reports:
Reported Caltex Saigon lengthened, widened and rebuilt in 1967 by replacing bow and cargo section with new forebody built by Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd., Kawasaki.
Delivered Mar. 1967.
New Dimensions 18 Tanks, 172.4 / 164.6 x 23.6 m, 13892 grt / 22368 dwt.
Reported Texaco Singapore sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 14 Jul.1981 in tow to be broken up. [ By Chi Yong Steel Enterprise Company Ltd. ]
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