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Wahoo Swamp
T2-SE-A1
"Wahoo Swamp" anchored, location and date unknown.
( Photo Copyright W.S.S. )
"Wahoo Swamp" location and date unknown.
( Photo thanks to Bob Simmons )
"Gulfswamp", ex. "Wahoo Swamp" location and date unknown.
( Photo courtesy of Photoship )
"Emspirol", ex. "Gulfswamp", ex. "Wahoo Swamp" source, location and date unknown.
"Emspirol", ex. "Gulfswamp", ex. "Wahoo Swamp" source, location and date unknown.
"Emspirol", ex. "Gulfswamp", ex. "Wahoo Swamp".
"Emspirol", ex. "Gulfswamp", ex. "Wahoo Swamp", approaching Bremen (Germany), February 1965.
( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )
"Emspirol", ex. "Gulfswamp", ex. "Wahoo Swamp", leaving Bremen (Germany), August 1965.
( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )
"Emspirol", ex. "Gulfswamp", ex. "Wahoo Swamp" location and date unknown.
( Photo collection B. Rohbrecht )
WAHOO SWAMP, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 280. UMSC No. 564. Off. nr. 246013.
Keel laid 21-03-1944. Launched 16-06-1944. Completed 18-07-1944. 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:
WAHOO SWAMP-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
GULFSWAMP-1948 for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, USA.
EMSPIROL-1960 for Emder Tankschiff G.m.b.H., Emden, Germany.
NEREID-1968 for Nereid Steamship Corporation, New York, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Nereid used as lightering vessel in Chittagong Area.
Reported Nereid sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 8 Jul.1972 to be broken up. [By Lung Yung Steel Corporation]
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