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Prairie Grove
T2-SE-A1
"Esso Linden" ex. "Prairie Grove".
"Esso Linden" ex. "Prairie Grove".
"Esso Linden" ex. "Prairie Grove", at Cape Town.
( Photo Copyright W.S.S. )
"Prairie Grove" ex. "Esso Linden" ex. "Prairie Grove", at Fawley.
( Photo & Copyright Chas Betts )
"Prairie Grove" ex. "Esso Linden" ex. "Prairie Grove".
"San Jacinto" ex. "Prairie Grove" ex. "Esso Linden" ex. "Prairie Grove".
"San Jacinto" ex. "Prairie Grove" ex. "Esso Linden" ex. "Prairie Grove".
"San Jacinto" ex. "Prairie Grove" ex. "Esso Linden" ex. "Prairie Grove" is shown while oubound on the Mississippi River
off New Orleans in October 1980.
( Photo by René Beauchamp / Marc piché )
PRAIRIE GROVE, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 423. UMSC No. 1763, Official nr. 246660,
Keel laid 21-06-1944. Launched 04-10-1944. Completed 17-10-1944. Gr. 10296 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
PRAIRIE GROVE-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
ESSO LINDEN-1947 for Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ESSO LINDEN-1950 for Esso Shipping Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ESSO LINDEN-1960 for Humble Oil & Refining Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
PRAIRIE GROVE-1961 for Mathiasen’s Tanker Industries Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
SAN JACINTO-1975 for Sabine Towing & Transportation Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Prairie Grove lengthened and widened in 1962 by replacement of cargo section with new midbody built by Burmeister & Wain A/S, Copenhagen # 789 and fitted by Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland.
New Dimensions 193.1 / 186.9 x 22.9 m, 15462 grt / 27344 dwt.
Reported San Jacinto sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 23 Aug. 1984 to be broken up, work began 19 Oct. 1984. [ By Chi Shun Hwa Steel Company Ltd. ]
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