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Belridge Hills
T2-SE-A1
"Mosbay" ex. "Belridge Hills" source, location and date unknown.
"Mosbay" ex. "Belridge Hills" source, location and date unknown.
"Fury" ex. "Mosbay" ex. "Belridge Hills" source, location and date unknown.
"Sunbeam", ex. "Fury" ex. "Mosbay" ex. "Belridge Hills" before conversion to bulker. Source, location and date unknown.
"Sunbeam", ex. "Fury" ex. "Mosbay" ex. "Belridge Hills" as abulker. Source, location and date unknown.
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BELRIDGE HILLS, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Marinship Co., Sausalito, California.
Yardnr. 84. USMC nr. 2538. Official nr. 228.
Keel laid 22-03-1945. Launched 12-05-1945. Completed 28-05-1945. Gr. 10935 t., Net. 6512 t., Dw. 16556 t. L.o.a. 175,56 m., Br. 23,13 m., Dr. 10,41 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Eliott & Company, Jeanette, Pennsylvania. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
BELRIDGE HILLS-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, San Francisco, California, USA.
MOSBAY-1948 for A/S Mosvold Shipping Company, Farsund, Norway.
FURY-1952 for Compania Naviera Acapulco S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
SUNBEAM-1953 for Golfo Sureno Compania Naviera S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
SOULI-1964 for Parnassos Shipping Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
PACROVER-1970 for Pacific Coast Shipping Company, Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Sunbeam lengthened and converted into bulk carrier in 1960 at Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Company, Aioi.
New dimensions 4 Holds, 7 Hatches, 173,7m / 168,9 x 22,9m, 12723 gt / 23529 Dw.
Reported Pacrover foundered 24 Dec. 1972 in position 44.50 N / 152.00 W in a gale, 800 miles south of Kodiak, whilst on voyage from Vancouver to Yokohama. All her crew of 30 were lost.
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S.S. Belridge Hills, Tanker, hull #83, keel laid 3/22/45, launched May 12, 1945 Sponsor: Mrs. Thomas G. McGuire; matron of honor: Mrs. Joseph R. Shelver. In private operation under Norwegian flag and renamed "Mosbay" in October, 1960. Abandoned south of Kodiak, Alaska 12/24/72.
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Alaska's, worst all time shipping losses :Date
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Number Lost
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Dec 24, 1972
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Liberian freighter
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Pacrover
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Sank
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760 mi S of Kodiak
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30 lost (all hands)
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Pacrover
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12/24/
1972
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760 mi S of Kodiak Island
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Lost at sea; 30 Korean officers and crew lost; all that was ever found were 4 overturned lifeboats, some debris, and an oil slick
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Roberts Bank, BC
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Japan
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570'/
12,000 t
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MCC II 149; AT/ADN
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