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 "Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook" source, location and date unknown.
 "Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook" location and date unknown.
( Photo collection Morten Bjørndalen )
   
 "Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook".
 
"Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook" source, location and date unknown.
Rebuilt and renamed as "Texaco Wellington" ex."Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook".
 
"Texaco Wellington" ex."Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook" in Sydney, Australia, date unknown, after rebuilt.
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"Texaco Wellington" ex."Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Texaco Wellington" ex."Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook".
 
"Texaco Wellington" ex."Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Texaco Wellington" ex."Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook" source, location and date unknown.
"Texaco Wellington" ex."Caltex Wellington" ex. "Paulus Hook" source, location and date unknown.

PAULUS HOOK, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 309. UMSC No. 1517. Off. nr. 242813.
Keel laid 12-07-1944. Launched 30-09-1944. Completed 27-10-1944. 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:
PAULUS HOOK-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
PAULUS HOOK-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
CALTEX WELLINGTON-1952 for Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain.
TEXACO WELLINGTON-1968 for Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd., London, Great Britain.
Additional Reports:
Reported Texaco Wellington lengthened, widened and rebuilt in1968 by replacement of bow and cargo section with new forebody built by Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd., Kawasaki. Delivered Apr. 1968
New dimensions 18 Tanks, 172.4 / 167.4 x 23.6 m, 13887 grt / 22367 dwt.
Reported Texaco Wellington sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 11 Mar. 1982 to be broken up. Work began 25 Mar. 1982.