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Darst Creek
T1-M-A2
Sequatchie Class Gasoline Tanker:
Built February1944 by Todd Galveston Drydocks Inc., Galveston TX,
as "Darst Creek" # 785, for U.M.S.C.
1945 - s/o (Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., mgrs.)
08/1946 - U. S. Maritime Commission, US
1946 - YUNG HUANG, China Tanker Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CS
1949 - People's Republic of China - subsequently reported as CHIEH SHE 1
1991 Dropped from Lloyd's register 11.1991; presumed scrapped in 1994.
( See photo below )
The Miramar Ship Index for "DARST CREEK"
IDNo:
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1169842
|
Year:
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1943
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Name:
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DARST CREEK
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Keel:
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|
Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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30.05.1943
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Flag:
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GBR
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Date of completion:
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06.1943
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Tons:
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135
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Link:
|
-
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DWT:
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1600
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Yard No:
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105
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Length overall:
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67.4
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Ship Design:
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T1-M-A1
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LPP:
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63.9
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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11.3
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Builder:
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Gray's IW
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Material of build:
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|
Location of yard:
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Galveston
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1D-10
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|
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Subsequent History:
1946 YUNG HUANG - 1949 CHIEH SHE 1
Disposal Data:
Deleted 11.1991.
History :
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
|
Name
|
Tons
|
Change
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Registered Owner
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169842
|
|
1169842
|
1943
|
DARST CREEK
|
1135
|
|
British Govt.
|
|
|
1169842
|
1943
|
YUNG HUANG
|
1135
|
1946
|
China Tanker Co.
|
|
|
1169842
|
1943
|
CHIEH SHE 1
|
1135
|
1949
|
China Tanker Co.
|
"Darst Creek".