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T2-SE-A1
Randy Hyde wrote :
Auke,
I just came across your web site on T2 Tanker and saw that you were looking for photos of the Bushy Run. I sailed as 3rd Engineer on the Gulflion (ex Bushy Run) back in 1980 and took the attached pictures. They were taken with a Kodak Instamatic camera so they are of medeocre quality, but you are welcome to use them on your web site.
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"Gulflion", ex. "Gulfray", ex. "Bushy Run".
( Photo Copyright David Boone )
"Gulflion", ex. "Gulfray", ex. "Bushy Run".
New midbody, launched at Maryland SB. & DD. Co., Baltimore, possible for the "Gulflion".
Used to jumboise a T2-tanker, this midbody has 33 cargo tanks instead of 27, and 11 separate pumping systems.
It was designed by Maryland SB. & DD. Co., Baltimore.
( News Paper photo The Baltimore Sun )
"Gulflion", at Charleston, SC.
( Photo Copyright Randy Hide )
"Gulflion", at Charleston, SC.
( Photo Copyright Randy Hide )
"Gulflion", at San Juan, Puerto Rico.( Photo Copyright Randy Hide )
"Gulflion", at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
( Photo Copyright Randy Hide )
"Gulflion", at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
( Photo Copyright Randy Hide )
"Mona", ex. "Gulflion", ex. "Gulfray", ex. "Bushy Run".
( Photo Copyright Marc Piche )
BUSHY RUN, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 430. UMSC No.1781. Official nr. 246990,
Keel laid 26-09-1944. Launched 20-12-1944. Completed 30-12-1944. Gr. 10297 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
BUSHY RUN-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
BUSHY RUN-1946 for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, USA.
GULFRAY-1947 for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, USA.
GULFLION-1958 for Blackships Inc., Gulf Oil Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
MONA-1981 for Steamship Company Mona Inc., Los Angelos, USA.
MONA-1983 for Eastern Overseas, Inc., Los Angelos, USA. (for delivery)
Additional Reports:
Reported Gulflion lengthened and widened in 1958 by replacement of cargo section with new midbody by Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland,work completedMar. 1958.
New Dimensions 174.3 / 168.1 x 22.9 m, 12651 grt / 21110 dwt.
Reported Mona sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 23 jun.1984 in tow to be broken up., work began 11 Jul.1984. [ By Chi Shun Hwa Steel Co Ltd. ]
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