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Grand Mesa
T2-SE-A1
"Grand Mesa" just after the war.
"Stanvac Singapore", ex. "Grand Mesa".
( Photo thanks to John Sins )
"Esso Singapore (I)", ex. "Stanvac Singapore", ex. "Grand Mesa".
GRAND MESA, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 58. UMSC No. 1915 Off. nr. 245449.
Keel laid 29-01-1944. Launched 18-03-1944. Completed 20-04-1944. 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. 26 Tanks.
History:
GRAND MESA-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
STANVAC SINGAPORE-1948 for Standard-Vacuum Oil Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
STANVAC SINGAPORE-1955 for Standard-Vacuum Oil Company, Panama.
ESSO SINGAPORE-1965 for Esso Standard Eastern Company Inc., Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Esso Singapore sold to shipbreakers in Hong Kong. Arrived breakers yard 1 Feb. 1965 to be broken up. [ By Hong Kong Rolling Mills Ltd. ]
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