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"Owyhee".
 
"Owyhee".
( Photo Copyright Fritz Wulff )
 "Owyhee".
( Photo Copyright Reserved )
    
"Owyhee", in Dry-dock Hamburg May 1952.
( Photo Copyright Fritz Wulff )
 
"Owyhee" & "Umatilla" ( Left ), in Dry-dock Hamburg May 1952.
( Photo Copyright Fritz Wulff )
 
"World Charity", ex. "World Treaty", ex. "Owyhee".
 
"World Charity", ex. "World Treaty", ex. "Owyhee".
 
"World Charity", ex. "World Treaty", ex. "Owyhee".
 
Fritz Wulff, 3rd Ass. Engineer at the control panel in the main engine room.
( Sadly not a very sharp photo, I have reduced the size, for a better quality. )
( Photo Copyright Fritz Wulff )
 
Fritz Wulff, 3rd Ass. Engineer at the control panel boiler room.
( Sadly not a very sharp photo, I have reduced the size, for a better quality. )
( Photo Copyright Fritz Wulff )
 
"World Charity", ex. "World Treaty", ex. "Owyhee", Montreal in July 1967.
( Photo Harry Stott )
 
"World Charity", ex. "World Treaty", ex. "Owyhee", Montreal in July 1967.
( Photo Harry Stott )
 
"World Charity", ex. "World Treaty", ex. "Owyhee", at Australia.
 
"World Charity", ex. "World Treaty", ex. "Owyhee".
 
"Barbara", ex. "World Charity", ex. "World Treaty", ex. "Owyhee".
( Photo Copyright Marc Piche )

OWYHEE, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 40. UMSC. No. 832. Off. nr. 244805.
Keel laid 02-10-1943. Launched 22-11-1943. Completed 10-12-1943. 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:
OWYHEE-1943 completed for United States war Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
OWYHEE-1948 for American Overseas Tanker Corporation, Panama.
WORLD CHARITY-1956 for World Treaty Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia.
WORLD TREATY-1960 for Achilles Shipping Company, Piraeus, Greece.
WORLD CHARITY-1961 for Achilles Shipping Company, Piraeus, Greece.
BARBARA-1966 for Continental Oceanic Navigation Corporation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Additional Reports:
Reported World Treaty lengthened, widened and converted into bulk carrier in 1962 by replacement of cargo section with new mid-body built by Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga.
New dimensions, 4 Holds, 7 Hatches: 9,5 9,0 7,5 7,5 9,0 9,0 9,0 x 10,8 m., 169.4 oa x 23.0 m, 12846 grt / 21939 dwt.
Reported Barbara sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 29 Jan. 1975 to be broken up. [ By Pai Chou Steel & Iron Works ]