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Lookout Mountain
T2-SE-A1
 "Lookout Mountain", outbound December 23rd, 1943. (Photo US Coast Guard)
 "Ampac California",  ex. "Lookout Mountain".
( Photo Copyright Reserved )
 
"World Tolerance", ex. "Tanoan", ex. "Ampac California",  ex. "Lookout Mountain".
( Copyright A. Duncan )
"Nautilus", ex. "World Choice", ex. "World Tolerance", ex. "Tanoan", ex. "Ampac California",
 ex. "Lookout Mountain", at Emden (Germany), 09-1967.
( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )
 
"Nautilus", ex. "World Choice", ex. "World Tolerance", ex. "Tanoan", ex. "Ampac California",
 ex. "Lookout Mountain".
( Photo Copyright Walter E Frost )

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 310. UMSC No. 385. Official nr. 244685.
Keel laid 21-07-1943. Launched 15-11-1943. Completed 27-11-1943. Gr. 10195 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots.26 Tanks.
History:
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Marine Transport Lines Inc, New York, USA.
AMPAC CALIFORNIA-1948 for American Pacific Steamship Company, Los Angeles, California, USA.
TANOAN-1955 for Tanoan Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
WORLD TOLERANCE-1956 for World Tolerance Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
WORLD TOLERANCE-1961 for Artemis Shipping Company, Monrovia, Liberia.
WORLD CHOICE-1963 for Artemis Shipping Company, Monrovia, Liberia.
NAUTILUS-1965 for Nauta Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported World Tolerance lengthened and converted into bulk carrier in 1963, by replacement of bow and cargo section with new forebody built by Hellenic Shipyards Company, Skaramanga.
1963 New Dimensions 169.7 reg x 23.9 m, 14294 grt / 23622 dwt.
Reported Nautilus sold to shipbreakers in Spain. Arrived Santander 10 Oct.1968 to be broken up. Dismantled 1968, machinery section joined to forepart of tanker ANACOSTIA (Marinship yard #53), Broken up at Santander 1968, arr. 10.10.68, (cargo section joined to ANACOSTA, renamed PENN RANGER)