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Front Royal
See also : Launch ceremony "Front Royal" & Machinery section TRUSTCO joined to forebody of SANTA HELENA
T2-SE-A1
"Front Royal" on the out fitting pier.
( Photo Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photograph collection )
"Front Royal" inbound, February 18th, 1944.( Photo US Coast Guard )
"Esso Shreveport" on the St. Lawrence River.
( Photo Collection: Edward O. Clark )
( Source: Steamship Historical Society of America )
"Esso Shreveport" on the St. Lawrence River.
( Photo Collection: Edward O. Clark )
( Source: Steamship Historical Society of America )
"Observer" ex. "Trustco", ex. "Esso Shreveport", ex. "Front Royal". Behind the "Point Margo".
Seen here in Port Said, during the early eighties.
( Photo Copyright Howard Foreman )
"Observer" ex. "Trustco", ex. "Esso Shreveport", ex. "Front Royal". Seen here in Port Said,
she was used as a floating grain store ship towards the end of her life.
"Observer" ex. "Trustco", ex. "Esso Shreveport", ex. "Front Royal".
"Observer" ex. "Trustco", ex. "Esso Shreveport", ex. "Front Royal".
( All photos by Alex M )
"Observer" ex. "Trustco", ex. "Esso Shreveport", ex. "Front Royal".
( Photo Collection Goelette )
"Observer" ex. "Trustco", ex. "Esso Shreveport", ex. "Front Royal", photographed in 1987.
( Photo Copyright Karsten Petersen )
FRONT ROYAL, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 291. UMSC No. 360. Official nr. 244131.
Keel laid 11-05-1943. Launched 21-08-1943. Completed 31-08-1943. Gr. 10195 t., Net. 5361 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
FRONT ROYAL-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
ESSO SHREVEPORT-1948 for Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ESSO SHREVEPORT-1950 for Esso Shipping Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ESSO SHREVEPORT-1960 for Humble Oil & Refining Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
TRUSTCO-1962 for Commodity Transportation Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
OBSERVER-1966 for K & E Trading & Shipping Inc., Joseph Kell, Miami, Florida
Additional Reports:
Reported Trustco Dismantled 1966, bow & cargo section joined to machinery section of SANTA HELENA (built as GLACIER PARK , Kaiser) - sold for scrapping, machinery section joined to forebody of SANTA HELENA built 1953 as WAPELLO, joined by Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway Yard, Baltimore, resulting vessel 17,614 grt, 182,01 loa x 25,7 m delivered. 10/1966.
Reported Observer trapped in Suez Canal 5 jun 1967 during Egypt/Israel conflict. Hulked at Port Said in 1975.
Reported Observer broken up at Port Said, Egypt, in 2008.
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