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Queenston Heights
T2-SE-A1
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Silhouette drawing T2-SE-A1 tanker.
(Karsten-Kunbert Krueger-Kopiske 2007)
QUEENSTON HEIGHTS, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 14. UMSC No. 806. Off. nr. 243562.
Keel laid 16-02-1943. Launched 17-05-1943. Completed 20-06-1943. 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:
QUEENSTON HEIGHTS-1943 for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
QUEENSTON HEIGHTS-1948 for American Eastern Corporation, Seatrade Corporation, New York, U.S.A.
PROMETHEUS-1949 for Prometheus Shipping Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Prometheus sold to shipbreakers in Great Britain. Arrived Faslane 11 Apr. 1960 to be broken up. [ By Shipbreaking Industries Ltd. ]
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