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Halls of Montezuma
T2-SE-A1
Launching of the "Halls of Montezuma", on July 21th,1945.
An amazing color photo taken by Grant Ridley, who was a photographer at Kaiser's Swan Island
shipyard in Portland Oregon, during WWII.
( Thanks to his son Richard Ridley )
"Esso Cardiff" ex. "Halls of Montezuma", source, location and date unknown.
"Esso Cardiff" ex. "Halls of Montezuma", location and date unknown.
( Photo collection Morten Bjørndalen )
"Esso Cardiff" ex. "Halls of Montezuma" at Fawley, UK, source and date unknown.
"Esso Cardiff" ex. "Halls of Montezuma", source, location and date unknown.
"Esso Cardiff" ex. "Halls of Montezuma", source, location and date unknown.
"Aquitanis", ex. "Esso Cardiff" ex. "Halls of Montezuma", after conversion, location and date unknown.
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
"Andros Neptune", ex. "Aquitanis", ex. "Esso Cardiff" ex. "Halls of Montezuma", location and date unknown.
Pictured following conversion to an ore/oil carrier in the later 1950s, owned by Lorca Shipping, and managed by Goulandris Bros,
London and Piraeus. Upon conversion from a tanker, she became one of the first, if not the first, ore/oil carriers,
which became quite trendy from the 1960s.
HALLS OF MONTEZUMA, T2-SE-A1
History :
Ship Index for
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HALLS OF MONTEZUMA
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ID or IMO No
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UMSC No. 2427, Off. nr. 248354.
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Year built
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1945
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Name
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HALLS OF MONTEZUMA
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Flag
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USA
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Owner
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United States War Shipping Adm. (War Emergency Tankers, Portland, Oregon, under GAA. Standard-Oil Co. (New Jersey) as Agents)
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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10448
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DWT
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16613
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LOA
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159.6
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LPP
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153.3
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Beam
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20.7
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Dept
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11.93
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Draft
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9.10
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Mach. /Speed
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1TE-15.0
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Propulsion
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2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Co., Lynn, Massachussetts
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Power
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7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW.
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Design
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T2-SE-A1
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Builder
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Kaiser Co.Inc., Swan Island.
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Yard
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Portland, Oregon.
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Yard No
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144
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Built in
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USA
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Keel
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08.05.1945
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Launch
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21.07.1945
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Compl.
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09.08.1945
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History
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1946 HALLS OF MONTEZUMA - Transferred to Reserve Fleet, for Lay-up, Mobile, Alabama.
1947a HALLS OF MONTEZUMA - Trinidad Corp., Portland, Oregon, under GAA.
1947b ESSO CARDIFF - for Anglo American Oil Co., Ltd., London, Great Britain.
1955a AQUITANIUS - for Lorca Cia Naviera SA,, Monrovia, Liberia.
1955b Aquitanius lengthened, widened converted into ore/oil carrier in 1955, Delivered Nov. 1955. New dimensions, 8 holds, 8 Hatches., 172,0 m o.a., 11564 grt.
1956 ANDROS NEPTUNE - for Lorca Cia Naviera SA., Monrovia, Liberia.
1960a SKOPELOS - for Vicalvaro Cia Naviera SA., Pireaus, Greece.
1960b TRANSWARREN - for Cia Naviera Patagonia, Monrovia, Liberia.
1961 TRANSWARREN - for Transeastern Associates Inc., New York, USA.
1962 NIAGARA - for Sea Transport Inc., New York, USA.
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End
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1965
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Disposal
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Niagara sold to shipbreakers in Spain. Arrived Castellon 29 Oct. 1965 to be broken up. [By Desquaces Incolesa]
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"Halls of Montezuma", Status Card.