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Esso Brazil (2) - (1948-1961)
"Heron's Bridge".
( Photo thanks to Alberto García )
"Esso Brazil", ex. "Heron's Bridge".( Photo thanks to Ramon Alvarez Mutiozabal )
"Esso Brazil", ex. "Heron's Bridge".
"Heron's Bridge" at unknown date and location. Owned by U.S.Department of Commerce
and operated by Marine Transport Lines Inc.
"Petromar Bahia Blanca" was build in 1945 as "Heron's Bridge".
Sold as "Esso Brazil" in 1948.
Lengthened and fitted to carry part cargo of L.P.G. in 1954.
Sold to Argentina as "Petromar Bahia Blanca".
Scrapped in 1967 at Kaoshiung.
"Esso Brazil", ex. "Heron's Bridge".
"Esso Brazil", ex. "Heron's Bridge".
The first specialized LPG vessels to trade were in fact dry cargo ships converted and refitted with cylindrical pressure tanks by the Bethlehem
Steelyard in Beaumont, Texas. The first of these, completed in 1947for Warren Petroleum, was the 6,050 cubic meter Natalie O. Warren
(with 68 vertically installed tanks in five holds) and the next, deliveredtwo years later for Lorentzen, was the 3,000 cubic meter Ultragaz (with
29 vertical and two horizontal tanks). The steel tanks had to bedesigned of such thickness so as to withstand working pressures up to
17 kg. per square centimetre.
At the same time, Esso began converting T2 ships for combined LPG and petroleum products carriage. Their initial venture in this field, the
Esso Sao Paulo, included 8 vertical pressure tanks installed in the vessel’s centre tanks. The Esso El Salvador and Esso Brazil followed with
similar configurations.
The combined transport of LPG and petroleumproducts proved to be somewhat cumbersome for Esso to manage in their trade to Brazil and
they sold out their business in 1954.
Additional information :
Built August 1945 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock, Chester, PA., as "Heron's Bridge" # 2438, for U.M.S.C.
1947 - Lanmore Co., Inc., Panama [Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc.], PA.
1948 - ESSO BRAZIL, Panama Transport Co., Panama.
1954 - lengthened and fitted to carry part cargo of l.p.g. by Howaldtswerke A.G., Hamburg,
11,008 grt, 545.0' (11/1954).
1961 - PETROMAR BAHIA BLANCA, Petromar, S.A. de Nav., Buenos Aires, AR.
Broken up at Santander 1967 by Recuperaciones Submarinas S.A., arrived 18.02.1967, delivered. 23.02.1967,
work began in 03.1967.
The Miramar Ship Index for "HERON'S BRIDGE"
IDNo:
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2248530
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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HERON'S BRIDGE
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Launch Date:
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13.08.1945
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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08.1945
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Flag:
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USA
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Keel:
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Tons:
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10297
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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16613
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Yard No:
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474
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Length overall:
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159.6
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Ship Design:
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T2-SE-A1
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LPP:
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153.3
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.7
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Builder:
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Sun
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Chester, Pa
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1TE-15
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Subsequent History:
1948 ESSO BRAZIL -
[ 1954 Lg 11008 grt ] -
1961 PETROMAR BAHIA BLANCA
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Santander 18.02.1967.
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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Owner
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248530
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2248530
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1945
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HERON'S BRIDGE
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10297
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US Govt.
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|
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2248530
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1945
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ESSO BRAZIL
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10297
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1948
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Panama Transport Co.
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|
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2248530
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1945
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PETROMAR BAHIA BLANCA
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11008
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1961
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Petromar, S.A. de Nav.
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