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Sideling Hill
T2-SE-A1
"Sideling Hill".
"Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill".
( Photo collection Morten Bjørndalen )
"Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill".
"Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill"
"Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill".
"Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill".
Rebuilt and renamed as "Texaco Rome" ex. "Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill".
"Texaco Rome" ex. "Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill".
"Texaco Rome" ex. "Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill".
"Texaco Rome" ex. "Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill".
"Texaco Rome" ex. "Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill", in Caribbean waters photo taken in 1970's.
"Caltex Rome" ex. "Sideling Hill"
SIDELING HILL, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 329. UMSC No. 2054. Off. nr. 247387.
Keel laid 11-12-1944. Launched 08-02-1945. Completed 28-02-1945. 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:
SIDELING HILL-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
SIDELING HILL-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama
CALTEX ROME-1953 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama
CALTEX ROME-1954 for Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain.
TEXACO ROME-1968 for Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd., London, Great Britain.
Additional Reports:
Reported Texaco Rome lengthened, widened and rebuilt in 1968 by replacing bow and cargo section with new forebody built by Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd., Kawasaki, delivered 1Dec. 1968.
New Dimensions 18 Tanks, 172.4 / 164.6 x 23.6 m, 13892 grt / 23687 dwt.
Reported Texaco Rome sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung15 Aug. 1981 to be broken up, work began 15 Aug. 1981. [ By Kuo Dar Steel & Iron Enterprise Company Ltd. ]
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