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T2-SE-A1
 
"Celimene", ex. "La Mede", ex. "Dobytown" source, location and date unknown.
 "Celimene", ex. "La Mede", ex. "Dobytown" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Asteri", ex. "Skopelos", ex. "Finisterre", ex. "Celimene", ex. "La Mede", ex. "Dobytown" at Vancouver, Canada, March 21st, 1973.
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
 
"Asteri", ex. "Skopelos", ex. "Finisterre", ex. "Celimene", ex. "La Mede", ex. "Dobytown" at Vancouver, Canada, March 20th, 1970.
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
 
"Asteri", ex. "Skopelos", ex. "Finisterre", ex. "Celimene", ex. "La Mede", ex. "Dobytown" at Vancouver, Canada, date unknown.
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
 
"Asteri", ex. "Skopelos", ex. "Finisterre", ex. "Celimene", ex. "La Mede", ex. "Dobytown" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Asteri", ex. "Skopelos", ex. "Finisterre", ex. "Celimene", ex. "La Mede", ex. "Dobytown" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Mount Athos", ex. "Asteri", ex. "Skopelos", ex. "Finisterre", ex. "Celimene", ex. "La Mede", ex. "Dobytown" location and date unknown.
( Photo copyright Enrico Righetti )

DOBY TOWN, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 342. UMSC No. 2615. Off. nr. 247990.
Keel laid 19-03-1944. Launched 22-05-1945. Completed 30-06-1945. 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:
DOBYTOWN-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
LA MEDE-1947 for Government of France, Le Havre, France.
CELIMENE-1948 for Compagnie Africaine D’Armement, Le Havre, France.
FINISTERRE-1961 for Madison Steamship Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
SKOPELOS-1963 for Madison Steamship Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
ASTERI-1965 for Astromarine Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
MOUNT ATHOS-1973 for Astromarine Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Skopelos lengthened, widened and converted into bulk carrier in 1963 by replacing bow and cargo section with new forebody built by Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg. Delivered 1Oct .1963.
New Dimensions 5 Holds, 5 Hatches, 180.3 / 172.2 x 22.9 m, 14133 grt / 26064 dwt.
Reported Mount Athos sold to shipbreakers in Italy. Arrived La Spezia 22 Apr.1978 to be broken up. [ By Cantieri Lotti ]