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T2-SE-A1
See also : Maritime Administration Cards : Wheeler Hills
“Wheeler Hills”during the war, location and date unknown.
( Photo US Coast Guard )
 "Wheeler Hills” just after the war, anchored, location and date unknown.
( Photo US Coast Guard )
 
"Esso Rotterdam", ex. “Wheeler Hills”.
"Esso Rotterdam", ex. “Wheeler Hills”.
"Esso Rotterdam", ex. “Wheeler Hills”.
"Esso Rotterdam", ex. “Wheeler Hills”.
 "Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam", ex. "Wheeler Hills”, rebuild as a Bulk carrier.
 "Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam", ex. "Wheeler Hills”.
 
"Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam", ex. "Wheeler Hills”..
 
"Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam ", ex. "Wheeler Hills".
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
 
"Pheaton", ex. "Esso Rotterdam", ex. "Wheeler Hills".
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
 
"Pyramid Veteran" ex. "Pheathon" ex. "Esso Rotterdam" ex. “Wheeler Hills”.
 "Cat No.1", ex. "Pyramid Veteran" ex. "Pheathon" ex. "Esso Rotterdam" ex. “Wheeler Hills” at Boston, USA, June 24th, 1973.

WHEELER HILLS, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Marinship Co., Sausalito, California.
Yardnr. 87. USMC nr.2541. Official nr. 248398.
Keel laid 28-05-1945. Launched 14-07-1945. Completed 31-07-1945. Gr. 14892 t., Net. 8766 t., Dw. 24606 t. L.o.a. 173,83 m., Br. 22,92 m., Dr. 10,43 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Eliott & Company, Jeanette, Pennsylvania. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 5 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
WHEELER HILLS-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, San Francisco, California, USA.
ESSO ROTTERDAM-1947 for N.V. Petroleum Industries Maatschappij, The Hague, Netherlands.
ESSO ROTTERDAM-1958 for Esso Tankvaart Maatschappij N.V., The Hague, Netherlands.
PHAETON-1959 for Comet Shipping Company S.A., Piraeus, Greece.
PHAETON-1965 for Comet Shipping Company S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
PYRAMID VETERAN-1974 for Creole Shipping Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas.
CAT NO.1-1977 for F.B.V. Corporation [Bahamas] Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas.
Additional Reports:
Reported Phaeton lengthened, widened and converted in bulk carrier in 1960 at Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam.
New dimensions 8 Holds, 8 hatches: 8,0 6,4 8,0 8,0 8,0 8,0 8,0 8,0 x 10,6 m, 172,5m pp x 22,9m, 15005 gt / 23000 Dw.
Reported Cat No.1 sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived Brownsville, Texas 18 Apr. 1978 to be broken up. [ By Consolidated Andy Inc. ]

S.S. Wheeler Hills, Tanker, hull #87, keel laid 5/28/45, launched June 14, 1945 Sponsor: Mrs. P. R. Quick; matron of honor Mrs. George Clark. In private operation as ore carrier under Greek flag and renamed "Phaeton" in October, 1960. 1960 - bulk carrier "Amsterdam".