Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages | home
Salt Creek
T1-M-A1
"Gauchito", ex. "Punta Rasa", ex. "Salt Creek".
( Photo Histomar )
SALT CREEK, T1-M-A1
Built by Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding Company, Duluth, Minnesota. Yardnumber 4. USMC Nr. 602.
Keel laid 19-02-1942. Launched 03-07-1942. Completed 22-07-1943. Official nr. 169589.
Gr. 1127 t., Net. 806 t., Dw. 1445 t.
L.o.a. 68,68 m., Br. 11,39 m., Dr. 4,06 m. Lloyds Register (IMO) or ID nr. 1169589.
Engine: 5 cyl 2SA 405 x 510 oil engine, manufactured by Fairbanks, Morse & Company, Beloit, Wisconsin. 860 B.h.p., 642 kW. Speed 10 knots. 12 Tanks. Derricks: 1 x 3 t. Call sign: LOLH.
History:
SALT CREEK -1943 for Ministry Of War Transport (M.O.W.T.), London, Great Britain.
SALT CREEK -1945 for Ministry Of War Transport (M.O.W.T.), London, Great Britain, s/o (Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., mgrs.)
SALT CREEK -1946 U. S. Maritime Commission, USA.
PUNTA RASA -1946 for Argentina Navy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
PUNTA RASA -1947 for Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
GAUCHITO -1970 for Gotaas Larsen (Argentina) S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina.
GAUCHITO -1975 for Francisco Sguera S.A., Buenos Aires (LCI)
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported GAUCHITO reduced as a hulk in 1970 and deleted from Lloyds Register September,,1989. Existence in doubt, no further info.
|
Status Card
