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Fruitvale Hills
T2-SE-A1
"Fruitvale Hills".
"Fruitvale Hills".
"Fruitvale Hills".
( Photo thanks to Harold E. Tartell )
"Fruitvale Hills". Starboard view from front, place and date unknown.( Photo Copyright Reserved )
"Fruitvale Hills".
( Photo thanks to Harold E. Tartell )
"Fruitvale Hills".
My father (Adolf Tolska) was in the US Merchant Marine Service during the war and also for a good many years afterward.
He also enjoyed playing with camera's and taking picture's. I am e-mailing you a few of the photos of the Fruitvale Hills, which
he sailed on as an engineer for the Trinidad Corp. post war. The Fruitvale made regular trips between Louisiana, Texas,
Aruba, Venezuela and Sewarren terminal on Staten Island, NY.
( Photo by Adolf Tolska, thanks to Tom Tolska )
"Fruitvale Hills".
( Photo by Adolf Tolska, thanks to Tom Tolska )
"Fruitvale Hills".
( Photo by Adolf Tolska, thanks to Tom Tolska )
"Fruitvale Hills".
( Photo Copyright W.T. Hubbard )
"San Antonio", ex. "Fruitvale Hills".
"San Antonio", ex. "Fruitvale Hills", at Malacca Straits, May, 1971.
( Photo Copyright Chris Howell )
"San Antonio", ex. "Fruitvale Hills", at Malacca Straits, May, 1971, almost identical as above.
"Bordeaux", ex. "San Antonio", ex. "Fruitvale Hills".
( Photo thanks to Diego Espinoza )
"Bordeaux", ex. "San Antonio", ex. "Fruitvale Hills", at Bordeaux - Port Sudan August 1982.
( Photo Copyright Andreas Schlatterer )
FRUITVALE HILLS, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Marinship Co., Sausalito, California.
Yardnr. 92. USMC nr. 2714. Official nr. 248716.
Keel laid 12-06-1945. Launched 25-08-1945. Completed 12-09-1945. Gr. 10385 t., Net. 11344 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 190,05 m., Br. 22,61 m., Dr. 10,09 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
FRUITVALE HILLS-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, San Francisco, California, USA.
FRUITVALE HILLS-1947 for Trinidad Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
SAN ANTONIO-1965 for Trinidad Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
BORDEAUX-1981 for Trinidad Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported San Antonio Lengthened, widened and rebuilt in 1965 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News.
New dimensions 190,1 / 181,1m x 22,6m, 14831 gt / 27590 Dw.
Reported Bordeaux sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived Brownsville, Texas 13 Apr. 1984 to be broken up. [ By Consolidated Andy Inc. ]
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S.S. Fruitvale Hills, Tanker, hull #92, keel laid 6/12/45, launched Aug 25, 1945. Sponsor: Mrs. John J. Manning; matron of honor, Mrs. L. N. Moeller. In private operation under same name in October, 1960. 1965 sold commercial.
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