Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 270. UMSC No. 554. Off. nr. 245058.
Keel laid 13-10-1943. Launched 19-01-1944. Completed 16-02-1944. 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:
WOLF MOUNTAIN-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
A.W. PEAKE-1948 for Stanolind Marine Transport Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
A.W. PEAKE-1950 for Pan American Petroleum & Transport Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
PAN DELAWARE-1951 for Pan American Petroleum & Transport Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
PAN DELAWARE-1954 for American Oil Company, Baltimore, Maryland , USA.
AMOCO DELAWARE-1956 for American Oil Company, Baltimore, Maryland , USA.
AMOCO DELAWARE-1957 for First Tanker Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
AMOCO DELAWARE-1960 for American Oil Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
AMOCO DELAWARE-1970 for Amoco Shipping Company, New York, USA.
AMOCO DELAWARE-1971 for Delaware Navigation Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
AMOCO DELAWARE-1981 for Amoco Shipping Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
DELAWARE SEA-1985 for Amoco Shipping Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
DELAWARE STAR-1987 for Sealift Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reprorted Pan Delaware lengthened and widened in 1957 by replacing cargo section with new cargo section built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News.
New dimensions 174.2 / 168.1 x 22.9 m, 12529 grt / 20114 dwt.
Reprorted Amoco Delaware lengthened in 1971 by replacing bow section with new forebody built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News. Discarded forebody used as barge, named OCEAN REVOLVER DAVY D. Sep. 1982.
New dimensions 30 Tanks, 193.1 / 184.1 m, 15049 grt / 28216 dwt.
Reported Delaware Star sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 18 Jun. 1987. Work began 4 Jul. 1987. [ By Yi Sheng Steel Enterprise Company Ltd. ]
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