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See also : Model of the "Alchemist", ex. "Pinnacles"
 
 "Pinnacles" source, location and date unknown.
 "Pinnacles" source, location and date unknown.
 "Pinnacles" source, location and date unknown.
 "Alchemist", ex. "Pinnacles" after rebuilding, source, location and date unknown.
 
"Alchemist", ex. "Pinnacles" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Alchemist", ex. "Pinnacles" source, location and date unknown.
"Alchemist", ex. "Pinnacles", at Antwerp (Belgium) 06-1979.
( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )
"Alchemist", ex. "Pinnacles", at Antwerp (Belgium) 06-1979.
( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )
 
"Alchemist", ex. "Pinnacles" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Alchemist", ex. "Pinnacles" location and date unknown.
( Photo Copyright Marc Piche )
 
"Alchemist", ex. "Pinnacles" source, location and date unknown.

PINNACLES, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 112. UMSC No. 2395. Off. nr. 247018.
Keel laid 18-10-1944. Launched 29-11-1944. Completed 21-12-1944. Gr. 10448 t., Net. 6285 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 8,99 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 36 Tanks.
History:
PINNACLES-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
PINNACLES-1948 for Deep Sea Tanker Ltd., Shell Canadian Tankers Ltd., Toronto, Canada.
ALCHEMIST-1961 for Antilles Shipping Company Ltd., Monrovia, Liberia.
ALCHEMIST-1967 for Antilles Steamship Company Ltd., Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Alchemist lengthened, widened and converted into chemical carrier in 1961 by replacement of bow and cargo section with new forebody by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke, Emden.
Delivered Sep. 1961.
New dimensions, 36 Tanks, 175,9 / 168,1 x 22,6 m, 12963 grt / 19101 dwt.
Reported Alchemist sold to shipbreakers in Spain. Arrived San Juan de Nieva, Aviles 18 Nov. 1982 to be broken up. [ By Desguaces Y Salvamentos S.A. ]