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After fhe fire.

The fire-gulted tanker, Spring Hill, as she looked when brought into Todd Shipyards Corporalion's Brooklyn

division after collision last February with tanker Pan Clio in Upper New York Bay.

After repairs.

Virtually a new ship, the lanker is ready to leave the Brooklyn shipyard after extensive repairs, completed

40 days ahead of schedule, make good the damage caused by the collision and fire.

Source : Pacific Marine Review, Volume 42, July 1945.

Burnt-Oul Tanker Repaired

Back in service 40 days ahead of the time estimated for repairs, the 16,000 ton tanker Spring Hill, blasted and scared from stcm to stern by exploding gasoline after a collision with another tanker in Upper New York Bay last February, left Todd Shipyards Corporationls Brooklyn division, virtually a new ship.

In the disaster, the second worst in New York harbor since the war began,19 lives were lost and 122 crew members injured, and it was feared the Spring Hill would be a total loss.

At Todd, the fore and aft sections of the spar deck were completely rebuilt, all piping, valves and fittings were renewed, about 6000 feet of cable was installed and tested, and much of the ship's electrical equipment was replaced. Crew and officer quarters were extensively renovated.

Exhaustive tests were made of the main engines, and necessary overhaul completed. The ship now has new

rigging on the fore and main masts, new life rafts and boats. Six of her original lifeboats were rebuilt, the entire vessel painted inside and out, and her guns removed and sent to the Navy yard for repair before being reinstalled.

At the time of the collision, the Government-owned Spring Hills was anchored about 1000 yards of Staten Island. She had 120,000 barrels of high-octane gasoline in her tanks, the greater part of which was saved, due to the successful use of firefighting foam, shot into the burning ship by city fireboats and Coast Guard vessels.