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T2-SE-A1
 "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)".
 
"Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)", seen here at Philadelphia.
( Photo Collection: Edward O. Clark )
( Source: Steamship Historical Society of America )
 "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)"
 
"Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)"
( Photo Collection Stuart Smith )
 
"Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (1)".
 "Sasstown", ex. "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (1)", departing Puerto Ordaz on the Orinoco River
in Guayana City, Venezuela, ca. 1964. (Photo Torrance R. Parker)
"Sasstown", ex. "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (1)".
"Sasstown", ex. "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)".
 
"Sasstown", ex. "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)", in 1991
at St. Croix U.S. Virgin Island.
 I, Giancarlo, was onboard as an Oiler.
( Photo thanks to Giancarlo Baudoino )
 
"Sasstown", ex. "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)", in 1991 at St. Croix U.S. Virgin Island.
( Photo thanks to Harold E. Tartell )
 
"Sasstown", ex. "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)".
 
"Sasstown", ex. "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)".
 
"Sasstown", ex. "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)".
( Photo Copyright W. Schell )
 
"Sasstown", ex. "Hess Fuel", ex. "Conastoga (III)", ex. "Hobkirk's Hill (I)", at Montreal, Canada, August 1971.
( Photo Copyright René Beauchamp )

CONASTOGA, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 277. UMSC No. 339. Official nr. 246299
Keel laid 03-10-1942. Launched 31-01-1943. Completed 15-02-1943. Gr. 10195 t., Net. 6375 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:
Launched as HOBKIRK’S HILL-1943
CONASTOGA-1943 completed for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, USA.
HESS FUEL-1953 for Hess, Inc., Perth Amboy, N.J., USA.
HESS FUEL-1953 for Hess Tankship Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
SASSTOWN-1963 for Timbo Shipping Ltd., Rector Shipping Inc., Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Hess Fuel lengthened 1954 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore, Maryland.
New Dimensions 172.0 / 165.8 m, 11621 grt / 18925 dw t.
Reported Sasstown lengthened and widened by replacement of bow and cargo section with new forebody 1963 by Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries Ltd., Yokohama.
New Dimensions 30 Tanks, 199.7 / 193.8 x 25.1 m, 15744 grt / 31157 dwt.
Reported Sasstown sold to shipbreakers in India. Arrived Alang 17 Oct. 1993 to be broken up. [ By Ganpatrai Jaigopal ]