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Andino - (1935-1958)
"Andino" at Aruba.
Photo from tanker "San Nicolas" by Jim Samson (1907-1942) an engineer, working for Lago Oil Co.
( Photo by : James B. Campbell )
"Andino" was build 1935 and was handed over, in 1947 to the Esso Transportation Co.
In 1952 she went to the Panama Transportation Co., again in 1953 to the Creole Petroleum Co., Panama.
She was scrapped in Bordentown, New Jersey, October 1958.
Schiffsname
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Andino
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Typ
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Öl-Tanker
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BauNr.
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743
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Reederei
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Lago Shipping Co. Ltd.
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Hafen
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Land.
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Ablieferung
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1935
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Werft
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Howaldtswerke 1865-1940
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ANDINO - 1937
Code letters: GYMQ Official Number: 164526
Rigging: twin screws tanker; 1 deck; longitudinal framing at bottom & at deck; rudder electric welded;
8 bulkheads, partly cemented, partly asphalted; cruiser stern; machinery aft, fitted with
gyro-compass, echo sounding device & submarine signalling device; cellular double bottom,
under engine & boilers 58 feet, 158 tons; Deep Tank forward 30 feet, 503 tons; Forward Peak
Tank 162 tons; Aft Peak Tank 189 tons
Tonnage: 4,569 tons gross, 3,416 under deck and 2,227 net
Dimensions: 362 feet long, 64.2 foot beam and holds 17.8 feet deep; Poop 87 feet;
Bridge Deck 36 feet; Forecastle 31 feet
Construction: 1935, Howaldtswerke A.G. in Kiel
Propulsion: triple expansion engine with 6 cylinders of 20 1/16, 32 11/16 & 54 5/16 inches diameter
each pair; stroke 37 7/16 inches; operating at 225 p.s.I.; 416 nominal horsepower;
2 water tube boilers; heating surface 6,997 sq. ft.; engine by the builders
Owners: Lago Shipping Co. Ltd. (F.J. Wolfe, manager)
Port of registry: London.
Details from : "Transcription from the Lloyd's Register by Gilbert Provost".
Maindeck "Andino".
( Photo by : James B. Campbell )
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
ANDINO - 1935 BR 2 Triple (aft) (12)
4,569 GRT for Lago Shipping Co., Ltd. (A. Weir & Co.), London 362.0 x 64.2
Tanker Built by Howaldtswerke A.G., Kiel (9) #743 164526
1945 - Esso Transportation Co., Ltd., London
1952 - Panama Transport Co., Panama PA
1952 - Creole Petroleum Corp., Panama
Broken up at Bordentown, N.J., 1st quarter 1959, by North American Smelting Co., Inc.