Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 3. UMSC No. 795. Off. nr. 242776.
Keel laid 19-12-1942. Launched 19-12-1942. Completed 12-03-1943. 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. 26 tanks.
History:
FORT MOULTRIE-1943 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
FORT MOULTRIE-1948 for Paragon Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
HUNTINGTON-1956 for Caribbean Transport S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
HUNTINGTON-1960 for Texaco Panama Inc., Monrovia, Liberia.
HUNTINGTON-1961 for J. C. Berkwit & Co., Monrovia, Liberia.
HUNTINGTON-1962 for Equipos Marinos SA, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
ANNA DEMETRIOS-1963 for Anji Shipping Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Anna Demetrios disabled by turbine controller failure and consequent explosion in low pressure casing, 5 May 1963, off Jamaica, in 18.44 N / 79.49 W, voyage Aruba - New Orleans, in ballast, not worth repair, sold to Dutch buyers for scrapping and re-sold.
Reported Anna Demetrios sold to shipbreakers in Spain. Arrived Castellon 19 Oct. 1963 in tow to be broken up.
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