Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 316. UMSC No. 2041. Off. nr. 246971.
Keel laid 09-09-1944. Launched 19-11-1944. Completed 12-12-1944. Gr. 10172 t., Net. 6423 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 11,93 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 4 Holds. 7 Hatches: 10,5 8,9 8,9 8,9 8,9 8,9 8,9 x 11,2 m. Cranes: 2 x 15 t. Call sign: HOLP.
History:
ROGUE RIVER--1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
ROGUE RIVER-1947 for British Tanker Company Ltd., London, Great Britain.
ROGUE RIVER-1956 for British Petroleum Tanker Company Ltd., London, Great Britain.
HUNSFOS-1959 for A/S Gerrards Rederi II, Kristiansand, Norway.
APACHE-1960 for Skibs A/S Abu, Oslo, Norway.
PACMERCHANT-1981 for Philippine Pacific Shipping Company, Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Apache lengthened, widened and converted into bulk carrier in 1962, with new forepart by Blohm & Voss A.G., Hamburg. Delivered Jan. 62.
New dimensions 4 Holds, 7 Hatches: 10,5 8,9 8,9 8,9 8,9 8,9 8,9 x 11,2 m., 175.1 / 166.1 x 24.0 m, 15781 grt / 24015 dwt.
Reported Pacmerchant sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 1 Dec. 1964 to be broken up. Work began 1 Feb. 1965. [ By Keun Hwa Steel Works ]
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