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Tonto
T2-SE-A1
"Tonto", location and date unknown.
( Photo copyright A. Duncan )
"Tonto", seen at Brisbane around 1950.
( Photo courtesy Queensland Maritime Museum Brisbane Queensland )
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto", location and date unknown.
( Photo copyright Basil Harris MPBH Sydney )
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto", source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto", source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto", source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto", source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto", source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto", source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto".TONTO, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 82. UMSC No. 1939. Off. nr. 246303.
Keel laid 15-06-1944. Launched 27-07-1944. Completed 24-08-1944. 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:
TONTO-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
TONTO-1948 for Overseas Tank Ship Corporation, Caltex, Panama.
CALTEX BANGKOK-1952 for Overseas Tank Ship Corporation, Caltex, Panama.
Additional Reports:
Reported Caltex Bangkok sold to shipbreakers in Japan. Arrived Onomichi 15 Aug. 1966 to be broken up. [ By Koshin Sangyo Kisen Kaisha ]
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