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T2-SE-A1
See also : "Fort Fetterman" strikes the Ashley River Memorial Bridge
 
 "Fort Fetterman" March 22nd, 1944.
 "Fort Fetterman" postcard, at Havana Harbour, Cuba.
"Fort Fetterman".
 
"Fort Fetterman", seen here in the Miraflores Locks in the mid-1950's.
 "Fort Fetterman" in bare boat-charter for Esso.
 
Rebuilt "Fort Fetterman".
( Photo Copyright Airfoto Malacca )

FORT FETTERMAN, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 290. UMSC No. 1498 Off. nr. 244935.
Keel laid 20-03-1943. Launched 12-12-1943. Completed 15-01-1944. Gr. 10172 t., Net. 6423 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 11,93 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
FORT FETTERMAN-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
FORT FETTERMAN-1948 for Independent Tankships Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
FORT FETTERMAN-1955 for Chas. Kurz & Company, Inc. (Keystone Shipping Co.), Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Fort Fetterman lengthened and widened in 1958 by replacement of cargo section with new mid-body built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News. Delivered Jun. 1968.
New dimensions 27 Tanks, 174.2 / 167.9 x 22.9 m, 12634 grt / 20077 dwt.
Reported Fort Fetterman sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 5 Jun. 1976 to be broken up. Work began 2 Jul.1976. [ By Tung Cheng Steel Manufacturing Company Ltd. ]