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T2-SE-A1
"Hallanger" ex. "Mechanicsville".
( Photo Collection John Sins )
"Hallanger" ex. "Mechanicsville".
( Photo thanks to Jorgen Lonn )
"Hallanger" ex. "Mechanicsville".
"Asato", ex. "Hallanger" ex. "Mechanicsville".
Sadly a not so good Newpaper photograph, showing the "Mechanicsville" as the rebuilt Norwegian "Asato" at Emden,
around 1960/1961. The "Mathilda" (1941), seen in the foreground, was a former US C-1-B-1 Standard freighter,
which had also been sold to Norwegian interests after WW II.
( Photo thanks to G. Mueller-Debus )
"Ally", ex. "Asato", ex. "Hallanger" ex. "Mechanicsville".
( Photo copyright Walter E Frost )
"Grand Trust", ex. "Victoria Faith", ex. "Ally", ex. "Asato", ex. "Hallanger" ex. "Mechanicsville".
( Photo copyright Walter E Frost )
"Grand Trust", ex. "Victoria Faith", ex. "Ally", ex. "Asato", ex. "Hallanger" ex. "Mechanicsville".
"Grand Trust", ex. "Victoria Faith", ex. "Ally", ex. "Asato", ex. "Hallanger" ex. "Mechanicsville".
MECHANICSVILLE, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 32. UMSC No. 824. Off. nr. 244483.
Keel laid 05-08-1943. Launched 02-10-1943. Completed 23-10-1943. 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 26 Tanks.
History:
MECHANICSVILLE-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
HALLANGER-1948 for H. Westfal-Larsen & Company, Bergen, Norway.
ASATO-1959 for Harald A. Moller, Oslo, Norway.
ALLY-1961 for International Union Marine Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
VICTORIA FAITH-1966 for Victoria Ocean Transport Ltd., Monrovia, Liberia.
GRAND TRUST-1967 for Victoria Ocean Transport Ltd., Monrovia, Liberia.
GRAND TRUST-1973 for Concord (Panama) SA , Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Ally lengthened, widened and converted into bulk carrier in 1963 with new midbody built by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke, Emden.
New dimensions, 5 Holds, 5 Hatches: 12,4 18,7 12,4 19,2 12,4 x 9,2 m., 183.2 / 177.0 x 22.9 m, 14159 grt / 23119 dwt.
Reported Grand Trust sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 11 Aug. 1978 to be broken up. [ By Kaohsiung Steel Corp., Ltd. ]
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