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Opie Read
ET1-S-C3
OPIE READ, US, 1T
7,218 GRT for U. S. War Shipping Administration, New Orleans, 422.8 x 57.0
Tanker built by Delta Shipbuilding Co., Inc., New Orleans, (12/43), #90, 244846
1/1944 - PANDA U. S. Navy (IX-125)
7/1946 - OPIE READ U. S. Maritime Commission, New Orleans
1948 - WESTPORT Eastport Steamship Corp., New York [Blidberg, Rothchild Co., Inc.]
1949 - converted to dry cargo vessel by Todd Shipyards Corp., Hoboken, N.J., 7,257 grt, delivered 8/1949
1954 - PARDALINA Cia. Naviera Pardalina S.A., Monrovia [do.], LI , 524
1963 - SAN ANTONIO Caroline Navigation, Inc., Monrovia [Ceres Shipping Co. - G. P. Livanos]
Broken up at Hirao 1968 by Matsukura Kaiji K.K., arrived 20.1.1968, work began in 2.1968
( See photos below )
The Miramar Ship Index for "OPIE READ"
IDNo:
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2244846
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Year:
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1944
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Name:
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OPIE READ
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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03.12.1943
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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06.01.1944
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Tons:
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7218
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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10674
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Yard No:
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90
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Length overall:
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134.6
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Ship Design:
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Z-ET1-S-C3
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LPP:
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126.8
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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17.3
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Builder:
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Delta SB Co.
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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New Orleans
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1T-11
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|
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Subsequent History:
1944 PANDA - 1946 OPIE READ - 1948 WESTPORT -
[ 1949 converted to cargo ship, 7257 grt ] -
1954 PARDALINA - 1963 SAN ANTONIO
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Hirao 20.01.1968. [ By Matsukura Kaiji KK ]
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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244846
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2244846
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1944
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OPIE READ
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7218
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U.S. Govt.
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IX-125
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2244846
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1944
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PANDA
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7218
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1944
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U.S. Navy
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244846
|
|
2244846
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1944
|
OPIE READ
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7218
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1946
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U.S. Govt.
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244846
|
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2244846
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1944
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WESTPORT
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7257
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1948
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Eastport SS Corp.
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524
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2244846
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1944
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PARDALINA
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7257
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1954
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Cia Naviera Pardalina SA
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524
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540845
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2244846
|
1944
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SAN ANTONIO
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7257
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1963
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Caroline Nav Inc.
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Specifications:
Displacement 3,665 t.(lt) 14,500 t. (fl)
Length 441' 6"
Beam 56' 11"
Draft 28' 4"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement
Officers 9
Enlisted 74
Cargo Capacity 8,500 DWT
Oil 63,000 Bbls
Armament :
one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Capacity
NSFO 13,700 Bbls
Propulsion :
one three cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engine
two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 225psi 450°
three recip-drive 20Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
single 4 bladed, 18' 6" propeller, 2,500shp
Ex-USS "Panda" (IX-125) in March 1948 just after being withdrawn from the Maritime Commission Reserve Fleet,
James River Group, Lee Hall, VA. and just before being delivered to her commercial buyer at Hoboken, N.J.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
Westport, [ex-USS Panda (IX-125)], probably dry docked at Todd Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, N.J., in March, 1948 one month after being sold to Eastport SS Corp.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
Underway while In mercantile service as Cia Nav Pardalina SA's SS "Pardalina", date and location unknown.
( Photo thanks to David Nixon )
SS Pardalina underway, date and location unknown.
( Photo thanks to Gerhard Mueller-Debus )
"San Antonio", ex. "Pandalina", ex. "Westport", ex. "Opie Read", ex. "Panda", ex. "Opie Read".
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"San Antonio", ex. "Pandalina", ex. "Westport", ex. "Opie Read", ex. "Panda", ex. "Opie Read".
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"San Antonio", ex. "Pandalina", ex. "Westport", ex. "Opie Read", ex. "Panda", ex. "Opie Read".
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
"San Antonio", ex. "Pandalina", ex. "Westport", ex. "Opie Read", ex. "Panda", ex. "Opie Read".
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
"San Antonio", ex. "Pandalina", ex. "Westport", ex. "Opie Read", ex. "Panda", ex. "Opie Read".( Photo thanks to Edward O. Clark )
"San Antonio", ex. "Pandalina", ex. "Westport", ex. "Opie Read", ex. "Panda", ex. "Opie Read".( Photo thanks to Edward O. Clark )