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Apache Canyon
T2-SE-A1
"Apache Canyon". Port side view of ship under way. July 27th, 1944.( Photo US Coast Guard )
"Apache Canyon".
"Apache Canyon" in Copenhagen, Denmark on 25th May 1953.( Unknown Photographer )
APACHE CANYON, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama.
Yardnumber 272. UMSC No. 556. Off. nr. 245193.
Keel laid 12-11-1943. Launched 08-02-1944. Completed 31-03-1944. 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:
APACHE CANYON-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
APACHE CANYON-1947 for Panama Oceanic Lines Inc., Panama.
WORLD TRIUMPH-1956 for Panama Oceanic Lines Inc., Monrovia, Liberia.
WORLD TRIUMPH-1960 for Panama Oceanic Lines Inc., Piraeus, Greece.
Additional Reports:
Reported World Triumph sold to shipbreakers in Italy. Arrived La Spezia 23 Oct.1965 to be broken up. Work began Nov. 1965. [By Cantieri Navale Santa Maria ]
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