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Ninety-Six
T2-SE-A1
Ninety-six".
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"Penn Transporter, ex. "Pan Oceanic Transporter", ex. "Atlantic Transporter", ex. Ninety-six".
( Photo collection Morten Bjørndalen )
"Penn Transporter, ex. "Pan Oceanic Transporter", ex. "Atlantic Transporter", ex. Ninety-six".
NINETY-SIX, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 347. UMSC No. 2856. Off. nr. 248437.
Keel laid 07-05-1945. Launched 17-07-1945. Completed 29-08-1945. 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:
NINETY-SIX-1945 completed for United States war Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
ATLANTIC TRANSPORTER-1947 for Southern Trading Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ATLANTIC TRANSPORTER-1953 for Pan Oceanic Navigation, Corporation, New York, USA.
PAN OCEANIC TRANSPORTER-1956 for Pan Oceanic Navigation, Corporation, New York, USA.
PAN OCEANIC TRANSPORTER-1957 for Penn Navigation Company, New York, USA.
PENN TRANSPORTER-1960 for Penn Navigation Company, New York, USA.
HENNA-1971 for Overseas Bulk Corporation, Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Penn Transporter converted into bulk carrier in 1960 at Lübecker Flender Werke, Lübeck.
New Dimensions 5 Holds, 5 Hatches, 10277 grt.
Reported Henna sprang leak in bad weather 3 Mar. 1971 in position 34.57 S / 72.08 E, abandoned by crew and sank 5 Mar. 1971 in Indian Ocean, whilst on voyage from Bunbury to Savannah, with titanium-iron oxide mineral.
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