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Fisher's Hill
T2-SE-A1
"Fisher's Hill" during the war, loaded with oil and PT-boats, outbound, April 6th, 1944.(Photo US Coast Guard)
"Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill". Photo taken, I believe as she was sailing from Alabama
Shipbuilding after having a 41' mid section added in 1957.
( Photo collection Richard Johnson )
"Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill".
( Photo Copyright David Boone )
"Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill".
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill", after Lengthened & widened in 1967.
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill", after Lengthened & widened in 1967.
( Photo Collection Cape Town Ships Slides )
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill".
( Photo collection Richard Johnson )
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill".
( Photo by Ray Thorsteinsen )
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill".
( Photo collection Richard Johnson )
Wheelhouse "American Trader".
( Photo collection Richard Johnson )
Wheelhouse "American Trader".
( Photo collection Richard Johnson )
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill", in April 1981 in Gatun Lake,
Panama Canal, photo taken from the SS "Washington Trader".
The old company joke was “what time is it when two A/T ships pass” = “tin past tin”.
( Photo collection Richard Johnson )
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill", in April 1981 in Gatun Lake,
Panama Canal, photo taken from the SS "Washington Trader".
( Photo collection Richard Johnson )
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill", Malacca Straits, photo taken from a light aircraft
by the late Peter Foxley based at Penang, Malaysia, 1972.
( Photo Copyright Chris Howell )
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill".
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill", in the Houston ship Canal.
"American Trader", ex. "Neches", ex. "Fisher's Hill", in the Houston ship Canal.
FISHER'S HILL, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 330. UMSC No. 394. Official nr. 244855.
Keel laid 18-09-1943. Launched 18-12-1943. Completed 30-12-1943. Gr. 10195 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
FISHER’S HILL-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
FISHER’S HILL-1948 for National Bulk Carriers, New York, USA.
NECHES-1953 for Sabine Transportation Company Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
AMERICAN TRADER-1964 for American Trading & Production Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
AMERICAN TRADER-1972 for American Trading Ttransportation Company Inc., New York, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Fisher’s Hill re-engined in 1948. Steam turbines (aft).
Reported Neches lengthened in 1957 by Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama.
1957 New Dimensions 165.8 m pp, 11223 grt.
Reported American Trader lengthened and widened in 1967 by new bow and cargo section built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company.
1960 New Dimensions 193.1 / 184.1 x 22.6 m, 15052 grt / 28058 dwt.
Reported American Trader sold to shipbreakers in Bangladesh. Arrived Chittagong 2 Oct. 1985 to be broken up. [ By Khalili & Sons Ltd. ]
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