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Buena Vista
T2-SE-A1
Launch ceremony of the "Buena Vista", on 23rd March 1943, at the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,
and 'M' flag presented to Sun on day of launch, with large number of employees witnessing the ceremony.
( Photos Copyright Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company photograph collection )
"Buena Vista".
"Texaco Wyoming",ex. "Wyoming", ex. "Buena Vista".
"Texaco Wyoming",ex. "Wyoming", ex. "Buena Vista".
Texaco tugboat "Havoline" assisting a full Texaco tanker to the sea with its load. The tanker is the "Texaco Wyoming" out of Wilmington, DE.
One large smokestack on the bow of the ship carries the Texaco logo. An American flag is also flying from a pole on the bow.
Another tanker, the Nautica out of Monrovia, is docked nearby
"Texaco Wyoming",ex. "Wyoming", ex. Buena Vista".
Texaco tugboats "E. M. Black" and "Havoline" assisting a full Texaco tanker to the sea with its load. Various crew members of all three
ships are one the decks. The tanker is the "Texaco Wyoming" out of Wilmington, DE. One large smokestack on the bow of the
ship carries the Texaco logo. An American flag is also flying from a pole on the bow.
BUENA VISTA, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 280. UMSC No. 343. Official nr. 243048
Keel laid 14-11-1942. Launched 23-03-1943. Completed 31-03-1943. Gr. 10198 t., Net. 6373 t., Dw. 26613 t. L.o.a. 177,10 m., Br. 24,27 m., Dr. 10,19 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
BUENA VISTA-1943 completed for The Texas Company, Texaco, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
WYOMING-1950 for The Texas Company, Texaco, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
TEXACO WYOMING-1960 for The Texas Company, Texaco, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
SEA LADY-1972 for Sea Lady Shipping Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
SEA LADY-1973 for Navegacion Goya S.A., Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Texaco Wyoming lengthened in 1961 by Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama.
New Dimensions 27 Tanks, 175.3 / 166.1 x 24.0 m, 14242 grt / 23628 dwt.
Reported Sea Lady sold to shipbreakers in China. Arrived Hualien, 13 Sep. 1974 to be broken up. [ By Huang Yung Steel & Iron works ]
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