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Fort Meigs
T2-SE-A1
"Fort Meigs".
"Seathunder", ex. "Fort Meigs".
FORT MEIGS, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 16. UMSC No. 808. Off. nr. 243718.
Keel laid 16-03-1943. Launched 03-06-1943. Completed 03-07-1943. Gr. 10448 t., Net. 6285 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 8,99 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 27 Tanks.
History:
FORT MEIGS-1943 completed for United States Navigation Company, New York, U.S.A.
FORT MEIGS-1948 for Mevco Inc., New York, U.S.A.
FORT MEIGS-1949 for United States Nav Co Inc., New York, U.S.A.
SEATHUNDER-1959 for Colonial Steamship Corporation, New York, USA.
SEATHUNDER-1953a for Delhi Oil Corp. Wilmington, U.S.A.
SEATHUNDER-1953b for Preston Corp of Monrovia, Monrovia, Liberia
VALIANT NIKKI-1959 for Nikki Steamship Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Valiant Nikki sold to shipbreakers in the Netherlands. Arrived Hendrik Ido Ambacht Jun. 1960 to be broken up. [ By F. Rijsdijk ]
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