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T2-SE-A1
 
"Fort Moultrie" view aft, during construction at Kaiser Co., Inc., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon,
on way no. 3, December 24th. 1942.
 
"Fort Moultrie" view forward, during construction at Kaiser Co., Inc., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon,
on way no. 3, December 24th. 1942.
"Fort Moultrie".

FORT MOULTRIE, T2-SE-A1
History :
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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