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Cottonwood Creek
T2-SE-A1
"Cottonwood Creek".
"Cottonwood Creek".
"Cottonwood Creek".
"Cottonwood Creek".( Photo Copyright BP )
"Brissac", ex. "Cottonwood Creek".
"Brissac", ex. "Cottonwood Creek".
"Bulk Mariner", ex. "Brissac", ex. "Cottonwood Creek".
"Cottonwood Creek", ex. "Bulk Mariner", ex. "Brissac", ex. "Cottonwood Creek", converted to bulk carrier.
( Photo Copyright reserved )
"Cottonwood Creek", ex. "Bulk Mariner", ex. "Brissac", ex. "Cottonwood Creek", converted to bulk carrier.
( Photo Copyright reserved )
COTTONWOOD CREEK, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 313. UMSC No. 2038. Off. nr. 246864.
Keel laid 24-08-1944. Launched 02-11-1944. Completed 22-11-1944. 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:
COTTONWOOD CREEK-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA
COTTONWOOD CREEK-1947 for British Tanker Company Ltd., London, Great Britain.
BRISSAC-1955 for Societe Maritime Des Petroles BP, Dunkirk, France.
BULKMARINER-1959 for Zeeland Transportation Ltd., Monrovia, Liberia.
COTTONWOOD CREEK-1960 for Bulk Transport Inc., New York, USA.
COTTONWOOD CREEK-1969 for Ogden Marine Inc., New York, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Bulkmariner converted into bulk carrier in 1959 at A/S Stord Vaerft, Stord. Delivered Dec. 1959.
New dimensions 5 Holds, 5 Hatches.,10232 grt / 15200 dwt.
Reported Cottonwood Creek stranded on a coral reef 5 Jan. 1970, off Honduras, with wheat & rice, in position 15.51.5 N / 82.18.5 W, whilst on voyage from New Orleans to Saigon. Abandoned by crew and owners as a constructive total loss.
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