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T2-SE-A1
"Timbo", ex. "Hess Voyager", ex. "Red Canyon" location and date unknown.
( Photo thanks to Giancarlo Baudoino )
 
"Timbo", ex. "Hess Voyager", ex. "Red Canyon" location and date unknown.
( Photo thanks to Diego Espinoza )
 
"Timbo", ex. "Hess Voyager", ex. "Red Canyon" location and date unknown.
( Photo thanks to Diego Espinoza )
 
"Timbo", ex. "Hess Voyager", ex. "Red Canyon" in icy conditions, location and date unknown.
( Photo thanks to Diego Espinoza )
 
"Timbo", ex. "Hess Voyager", ex. "Red Canyon" source, location and date unknown.
 
"Timbo", ex. "Hess Voyager", ex. "Red Canyon" location and date unknown.
( Photo Copyright W. Schell)
 
"Timbo", ex. "Hess Voyager", ex. "Red Canyon" source, location and date unknown.
 "Timbo", ex. "Hess Voyager", ex. "Red Canyon" location and date unknown.
( Photo thanks to James Giammatteo )

RED CANYON, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 259. UMSC No. 543. Off. nr. 244197,
Keel laid 05-04-1943. Launched 18-08-1943. Completed 12-10-1943. 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:
RED CANYON-1943 for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobil, Alabama, USA.
RED CANYON-1948a for Independent Tankship Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
RED CANYON-1948b for Allied-Ashland Tankers, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
HESS VOYAGER-1963 for Hess Tankship Company, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
TIMBO-1993 for Timbo Shipping Ltd., Rector Shipping Inc., Monrovia, Liberia
Additional Reports:
Reported Hess Voyager lengthened and widened in 1963 by replacing bow and cargo section with new forebody, built by Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries Ltd., Yokohama. Completed Nov. 1963.
New dimensions 30 Tanks, 186.0 / 177.0 x 25.1 m, 15794 grt / 27004 dwt.
Reported Timbo sold to shipbreakers in India. Arrived Alang 8 Sep. 1993. Beached work began
28 Oct.1993. [ By Baldev Shipbreakers ]