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Lake Erie
T2-SE-A1
"Texaco New Jersey", ex. "New Jersey", ex. "Lake Erie".
( Photo David Boone )
"Texaco New Jersey", ex. "New Jersey", ex. "Lake Erie".
"Texaco New Jersey", ex. "New Jersey", ex. "Lake Erie".
"Texaco New Jersey", ex. "New Jersey", ex. "Lake Erie", after jumboizing.
LAKE ERIE, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 439. UMSC No. 1740. Official nr. 245831.
Keel laid 08-02-1944. Launched 30-05-1944. Completed 14-06-1944. Gr. 10297 t., Net. 6236 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:
LAKE ERIE-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
NEW JERSEY-19471 for The Texas Company, Texaco, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
TEXACO NEW JERSEY-1961 for The Texas Company, Texaco, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Additional Reports:
Reported New Jersey lengthened and widened in 1959, cargo section replaced with new midbody built by Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama, completed Aug. 1959,
New Dimensions 174.4 / 168.0 x 22.9 m, 12261 grt / 21170 dwt.
Reported Texaco New Jersey sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 10 Sep. 1984 to be broken up. [ By Chi Shun Hwa Steel Co Ltd. ]
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