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Umatilla
T2-SE-A1
"Owyhee" & "Umatilla" ( Left ), in Dry-dock Hamburg May 1952.
( Photo Copyright Fritz Wulff )
"World Campaigner", ex. "World Thought", ex. "Umatilla", after conversion.
"World Campaigner", ex. "World Thought", ex. "Umatilla".
"World Campaigner", ex. "World Thought", ex. "Umatilla".
"World Campaigner", ex. "World Thought", ex. "Umatilla".
( Photo Copyright FotoFlite )
"Polly", ex. "Loretta", ex. "World Campaigner", ex. "World Thought", ex. "Umatilla".
( Photo copyright Walter E Frost )
UMATILLA, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 37. UMSC No. 829. Off. nr. 244698.
Keel laid 11-09-1943. Launched 04-11-1943. Completed 23-11-1943. 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. 26 Tanks.
History:
UMATILLA-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
UMATILLA-1948 for American Overseas Tanker Corporation, Panama.
WORLD THOUGHT-1956 for World Thought Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
WORLD CAMPAIGNER-1960 for Jason Shipping Company, Monrovia, Liberia.
LORETTA-1966 for Continental Oceanic Navigation Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
POLLY-1967for Eddy Steamship Company, Keelung, Taiwan.
Additional Reports:
Reported World Thought lengthened, widened and converted into bulk carrier in 1960 by replacement of cargo section with new mid-body built by Chargeurs-Loire Normandie, Grand Queville.
New dimensions, 5 Holds, 7 Hatches: 9,5 9,0 7,5 7,5 9,0 9,0 9,0 x 10,8 m. 174.3 / 168.1 x 22.9 m., 12949 grt / 23200dw
Reported Polly sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 29 Jun. 1975 to be broken up. [ By Yun Shen Steel & Iron Works Co., Ltd. ]
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