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Forbes Road
T2-SE-A1
"Cleveland", ex. "Forbes Road".
"Cleveland", ex. "Forbes Road".
"Cleveland", ex. "Forbes Road".
Italian Navy Fueler "Sterope", ex. "Enrico Insom", ex. "Cleveland", ex. "Forbes Road".
Italian Navy Fueler "Sterope", ex. "Enrico Insom", ex. "Cleveland", ex. "Forbes Road" at Taranto, Italy, August 11th, 1967.( Photo Copyright Marcello Risolo )
Italian Navy Fueler "Sterope", ex. "Enrico Insom", ex. "Cleveland", ex. "Forbes Road" at Taranto, Italy, August 11th, 1967.( Photo Copyright Marcello Risolo )
Italian Navy Fueler "Sterope", ex. "Enrico Insom", ex. "Cleveland", ex. "Forbes Road" at Taranto, Italy, August 11th, 1967.( Photo Copyright Marcello Risolo )
FORBES ROAD, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by The Kaiser Co., Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon.
Yardnumber 75. UMSC No. 1932. Off. nr. 246061.
Keel laid 10-05-1944. Launched 20-06-1944. Completed 21-07-1944. 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:
FORBES ROAD-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon, USA.
CLEVELAND-1947 for Cleveland Petroleum Company Ltd., Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
ENRICO INSOM-1953 for Enrico Insom, Rome, Italy.
(A5368) STEROPE-1959 for Italian Navy, Rome, Italy.
Additional Reports:
Reported Sterope sold to shipbreakers in Italy. Arrived La Spezia, lying there awaiting demolition in Jul.1979 to be broken up.
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