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Jalapa
T2-SE-A1
"Jalapa", during WW2, source, location and date unknown.
"Jalapa", during WW2, inbound, July 23rd, 1943.(Photo US Coast Guard)
"Gulflight", ex. "Jalapa", location and date unknown.
( Photo copyright WSS )
"Summit", ex. "Gulflight", ex. "Jalapa", after rebuilt, in the late sixties, location and date unknown.
( Photo copyright A. Ducan )
"Summit", ex. "Gulflight", ex. "Jalapa", sadly a what unsharp photo, in the late sixties and shows her in a US port.
( Photo copyright Sea-Land-Service )
JALAPA, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 285. UMSC No. 351. Official nr. 243658
Keel laid 13-12-1942. Launched 05-06-1943. Completed 21-06-1943. Gr. 10195 t., Net. 6390 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh. 7240 B.h.p.,5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
JALAPA-1943 completed for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, USA.
GULFLIGHT-1947 for Gulf Oil Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
SUMMIT-1961 for Sea-Land Service Inc, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
SUMMIT-1963 for Beauregard Inc , Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
SUMMIT-1964 for Litton Industries Leasing Corp Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
SUMMIT-1975 for Reynolds Leasing Corp., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Summit converted into container ship in 1963, by Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama.
New Dimensions 5 Holds. 15 Hatches, 8903 grt / 9394 dwt.
Reported Summit sold to shipbreakers in South Korea. Arrived Pusan 11 Aug. 1976 to be broken up. [By Dongkuk Steel Mill]
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"Jalapa", Status Card.