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Pocket Canyon
T2-SE-A1
"Atlantic Producer", ex. "Pocket Canyon".( Photo Copyright Reserved )
"Producer", ex. "Atlantic Producer", ex. "Pocket Canyon".
( Photo Copyright David Boone )
"Producer", ex. "Atlantic Producer", ex. "Pocket Canyon", at Amsterdam 08/07/1968.
( Copyright Bob Scott )
"Producer", ex. "Atlantic Producer", ex. "Pocket Canyon", New York harbor.
( Photo thanks to Edward O. Clark )
"American Rice", ex. "Producer", ex. "Atlantic Producer", ex. "Pocket Canyon".( Photo Copyright Reserved )
"Termini", ex. "American Rice", ex. "Producer", ex. "Atlantic Producer", ex. "Pocket Canyon",
at Kobe (Japan), 03-1974, the ship was apparently undergoing a class check, after which it
turned out that it was pointless to keep her running much longer.
( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )
POCKET CANYON, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 295. UMSC No. 1503. Off. nr. 245888.
Keel laid 02-03-1944. Launched 31-05-1944. Completed 30-06-1944. 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:
POCKET CANYON-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
ATLANTIC PRODUCER-1947 for Southern Trading Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
ATLANTIC PRODUCER-1953 for Webb & Knapp Inc , Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
PRODUCER-1957 for Marine Carriers Corporation, New York, USA.
AMERICAN RICE-1972 for American Rice Steamship Company, New York, USA.
TERMINI-1974 for Sonana Steamship Company, Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Producer lengthened, widened and converted into bulk carrier in 1961 y replacing cargo section, new mid-body built by Kure Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd., Kobe, delivered Oct. 1961.
New dimensions 6 Holds, 6 Hatches: 12,0 12,0 12,0 12,0 12,0 12,0 x 10,8 m., 174.3 / 168.1 x 23.0 m., 14263 grt / 21964 dwt.
Reported Termini sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 3 Aug. 1974 in tow to be broken up. [ By Li Chong Steel & Iron Works Company Ltd.]
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