Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 247. UMSC No. 531. Off. nr. 242851.
Keel laid 02-04-1942. Launched 20-12-1942. Completed 24-04-1943. 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:
BUFFALO WALLOW-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.
F.O. PRIOR-1948 for Stanolind Marine Transport Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
F.O. PRIOR-1950 for Pan-American Petroleum & Transport Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
PAN CONNECTICUT-1951 for Pan-American Petroleum & Transport Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
PAN CONNECTICUT-1954 for American Oil Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
AMOCO CONNECTICUT-1955 for American Oil Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
AMOCO CONNECTICUT-1957 for First Tanker Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
AMOCO CONNECTICUT-1960 for American Oil Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
AMOCO CONNECTICUT-1970 for Amoco Shipping Company, New York, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Amoco Connecticut lengthened and widened by replacement of cargo section with new mid-body built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, delivered Oct. 1957.
New Dimensions 27 Tanks, 174.0 / 167.9 x 23.0 m, 12491 grt / 20035 dwt
Reported Amoco Connecticut sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived Brownsville, Texas 25 Aug. 1981 to be broken up. [ By Brownsville Steel & Salvage ]
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