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Spindletop
T1-M-A1
"Lake Charles", ex. "Spindletop".( Photo Wm A. Schell )
"Lake Charles", ex. "Spindletop", source, location and date unkown.
"Lake Charles", ex. "Spindletop", source, location and date unkown.
"Badger State", ex. "Loc Bay", ex. "Atlas Traveler", ex. "Lake Charles", ex. "Spindletop", location and date unkown.
( Photo Copyright Fred Miller II )
"Badger State", ex. "Loc Bay", ex. "Atlas Traveler", ex. "Lake Charles", ex. "Spindletop", awaiting fate at Erie dock, November 13th, 1983.
( Photo Copyright Barry Andersen )
Spindletop, T1-M-A1
The Miramar Ship Index for
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SPINDLETOP Design : T1-M-A1
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ID or IMO No
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5029996 USMC Hullnumber : MC-571
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Year built
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1943
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Name
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SPINDLETOP
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Flag
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GBR
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Owner
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United States War Shipping Administration (Ministry Of War Transport (M.O.W.T.), London, Great Britain. Lend Lease)
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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1155
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DWT
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1600
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LOA
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67.37
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LPP
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65.1
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Beam
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11.31
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Dept
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6.10
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Draft
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4.00
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Mchy
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1D-10
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Power
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1200 B.h.p., 895 kW
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ShipDesign
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T1-M-A1
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Builder
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Lancaster Ironworks
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Yard
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Perryville, MD.
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Yard No
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201
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Country built
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USA
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Keel
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20.05.1942
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Launch
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12.12.1942
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Completed
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07.08.1943
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Subsequent History
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1945 SPINDLETOP - Ministry Of War Transport (M.O.W.T.), London, Great Britain, s/o (Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., mgrs.)
1945 SPINDLETOP - Returned to U. S. Maritime Commission, USA.
1946 LAKE CHARLES - Lake Tankers Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
1958 LAKE CHARLES - National Marine Service Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
1962 Re-engined converted into bulk cement carrier in 1962 at Southern Shipbuilding Corporation, Sliddell, los Angeles., 938 grt.
1962 ATLAS TRAVELER - United States Steel Corp, Universal Atlas Cement Div, New York, U.S.A.
1962 ATLAS TRAVELER - Universal AtlasCemnet Division, New York, U.S.A.
1976 LOC BAY - Erie Navigation Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1980 BADGER STATE - Cement Transit Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
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End
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1988
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Disposal Data
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Sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived Manitowoc, Wisconsin 21 july 1988 to be broken up.
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Vessel Status Card