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Multnomah
T2-SE-A1
"Esso Worcester", ex. "Multnomah".
"Esso Worcester", ex. "Multnomah".
3 old Hess T2-tankers, "Hess Trader", ex. "Fort Charlotte", at an unknown yard, in the middle.
Left "Hess Petrol" and right "Hess Refiner", ex. "Esso Worcester", ex. "Multnomah".
GOVERNMENT CAMP, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 142. UMSC No. 2425 Off. nr. 248244.
Keel laid 21-04-1945. Launched 03-07-1945. Completed 19-07-1945. 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:
MULTNOMAH-1945 comppleted for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
ESSO WORCHESTER-1947 for Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ESSO WORCHESTER-1950 for Esso Shipping Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ESSO WORCHESTER-1960 for Humble Oil & Refining Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
HESS REFINER-1961 for Hess Tankship Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
PISCES-1976 for Bolton Shipping Company Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Hess Refiner lengthened and widened in 1962 by replacing cargo section with new midbody section built by Bethlehem Steel Co., SB. Div., Sparrow's Point, Md., fitted by Bethlehem, Key Highway Yard, Baltimore, delivered Mar. 1962.
New dimensions, 29 Tanks, 184,4 / 178,1 x 22,9 m, 14211 grt / 23318 dwt.
Reported Pisces sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 5 Sep. 1984 to be broken up. [ By Shyeh Sheng Fuat Steel & Iron Works ]
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