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Moor's Field
T2-SE-A1
"Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field".
New Mid-section for "Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field", made Bethlehem Steel Co., Baltimore, Md. 1957.
( News Paper photo The Baltimore Sun )
"Gulfdeer", ex. "Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field", sorry for the watermark.
"Gulfdeer", ex. "Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field".
"Gulfdeer", ex. "Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field", outbound Delaware River at Pea Patch Island. 1 August 1970. She glides on the ebb.
( Photo Copyrighy David Boone )
Almost the same photo.
"Gulfdeer", ex. "Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field", outbound Delaware River at Pea Patch Island. 1 August 1970. She glides on the ebb.
( Photo Copyrighy David Boone )
"Gulfdeer", ex. "Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field", out bound Galveston, spring 1978.
( Photo Copyrighy Paul Sullivan )
"Gulfdeer", ex. "Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field", out bound Galveston, spring 1978.
( Photo Copyrighy Paul Sullivan )
"Little Apex", ex. "Gulfdeer", ex. "Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field".
( Photo Copyright Marc Piche )
"Little Apex", ex. "Gulfdeer", ex. "Gulfland" ex. "Moor's Field".MOOR'S FIELD, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 438. UMSC No. 1737 Official nr. 245727.
Keel laid 24-01-1944. Launched 17-05-1944. Completed 31-05-1944. Gr. 10297 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:
MOOR’S FIELDS-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
MOOR’S FIELDS-1947 for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, USA.
GULFLAND-1948 for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, USA.
GULFDEER-1957 for Blackships Inc., Gulf Oil Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
LITTLE APEX-1980 for Apex Tankers Company, St. Louis, Mo, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Gulfdeer lengthened and widened in 1957 by replacement of cargo section with new midbody by Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore, Maryland. Work completed Dec. 1957.
New Dimensions 168.1 pp x 23.0 m, 12842 grt / 21361 dwt.
Reported Little Apex sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 10 Jul. 1982 to be broken up. Work began 18 Jul. 1982. [ By Chien Yu Steel Industrial Company Ltd. ]
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