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Stanvac Manila (II) - (1947-1962)
"Stanvac Manila" on 7th December 1957.
"Stanvac Manila" was build in 1944, as "La Mesa", by Sun S.B. & D.D. Co., Chester, Pa., Yardnumber # 426.
In 1947 she became "Stanvac Manila", Scrapped at Keelung 21.06.1962.
"Stanvac Manila", here departing Auckland, in the 1950's.
( Photo copyright Brent Chambers )
"Stanvac Manila" in rough weather.
"Stanvac Manila" at Wellington dock.
Incoming comment on above photo :From Peter Broomhead he wrote to me ;
You have a picture of the Stanvac Manila in Wellington. I believe that I was the Radio Officer on her when that picture was taken. We arrived off Wellington just before Christmas 1956 and had to anchor in the bay to wait for a discharge berth. When we started engines to move onto the dock there was an explosion from the engine room which was a generator stator winding flashing to ground. There wasn’t a facility in New Zealand that could handle the rewinding. Standard Oil found a replacement on the US East coast and charted a cargo plane (Slick Airlines, “we fly anything anywhere”) that could handle the unit. They refueled in St Louis, LA, Hawaii and Fiji but had to land at the only field that could handle the load, that was a New Zealand Air Force base. The unit was then transferred to a barge to be delivered to the ship. The floating crane you see was there to take off the top of the engine room, lift out the defective generator and lower in the replacement. We were there for three weeks !
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"Stanvac Manila".
From The Canberra Times, Saturday 21 February 1948.
NO UNION BAN ON IMPORTS, MELBOURNE, Friday.
No action will be taken by waterfront unions to prevent the discharge of 3,500,000 gallons
of petrol from the Netherlands East Indies, which arrived in the Vacuum Oil Company's
tanker Stanvac Manila. This is the first shipment to reach Australia from the NEI since
the war.
An official of the Waterside Workers' Federation said he did not know the Federation's
policy on Dutch shipping but reaffirmed that no action would be taken.
The Miramar Ship Index for "LA MESA"
IDNo:
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2246905
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Year:
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1944
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Name:
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LA MESA
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Launch Date:
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08.11.1944
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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11.1944
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Flag:
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USA
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Keel:
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DWT:
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16613
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Yard No:
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426
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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:
1947 STANVAC MANILA
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Keelung 21.06.1962.
History:
ON
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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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246905
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2246905
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1944
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LA MESA
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10297
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U.S. Govt.
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172803
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2246905
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1944
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STANVAC MANILA
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10297
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1947
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Socony-Vacuum Oil
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Vessel Name:
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STANVAC MANILA
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Vessel ID:
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500116308
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Vessel Type:
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Steamship
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Tonnage:
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10,724 gross
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Engine:
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Steamship
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Abstract:
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Visited Auckland 2 times between 27 Aug 1959 and 16 Oct 1959 (not all visits may be recorded in this database).
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