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Sunset
T2-SE-A1
"Caltex Lisbon" ex. "Sunset".
( Photo collection Morten Bjørndalen )
"Caltex Lisbon" ex. "Sunset".
"Caltex Lisbon" ex. "Sunset".
"Caltex Lisbon" ex. "Sunset" at almost the same position, as photo below.
"Caltex Lisbon" ex. "Sunset".
"Caltex Lisbon" ex. "Sunset".
( Copyright Tony Westmore )
Nice painting by Tony Westmore maritime artist painter.
( See his web-site : http://www.shippaintings.co.uk/ )
"Caltex Lisbon" ex. "Sunset".
"Caltex Lisbon" ex. "Sunset".
( Photo Credits: The late Alexander Turnbull Library )
"Toyosu Maru", ex. "Caltex Lisbon" ex. "Sunset", rebuilt as a LPG-carrier.
SUNSET, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 123. UMSC No. 2406. Off. nr. 247278.
Keel laid 13-12-1944. Launched 20-01-1945. Completed 16-02-1945. Gr. 10448 t., Net. 6285 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 8,99 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
SUNSET-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
SUNSET-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Caltex, Panama.
CALTEX LISBON-1952 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Caltex, Panama.
CALTEX LISBON-1954 for Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain.
TOYOSU MARU-1963 for Tokyo Ekikagasu Yusosan KK, Tokyo, Japan.
TOYOSU-1984 for TLC Overseas (Panama) Company, Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Toyosu Maru lengthened, widened and converted into LPG carrier in 1963 by replacement of cargo section with new midbody section built by Hitachi Zosen Kisen Kaisha, Innoshima. Delivered Oct. 1963.
New dimensions, 12 Tanks, 183,5 / 177,3 x 22,9 m, 16600 grt / 22612 dwt.
Reported Toyosu sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 14 Aug.1984 to be broken up, work began 5 Sep. 1984, completed 22 Sep. 1984. [ By Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd. ]
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