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Tonto
T2-SE-A1
"Tonto".
( Photo copyright A. Duncan )
"Tonto", seen at Brisbane around 1950.
( Photo courtesy Queensland Maritime Museum Brisbane Queensland )
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto".
( Photo copyright Basil Harris MPBH Sydney )
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto".
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto".
"Caltex Bangkok", ex. "Tonto".
"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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