T/T T2 Briar Creek

Call sign
KSXL
Shipping company
Nationality
USA flaggUSA
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1944
Yard number
304
Month of delivery
September

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
10.172
Net tonnage:
6.134
Deadweight:
16.391

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
SHK

Dimensions

Length:
504.0'
Beam:
68.2'
Draft:
39.2'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde

    T2 TANKER

    09/1944: Levert som BRIAR CREEK til United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, USA
    00/1947: Solgt til The Texas Company, Wilmington, Del., USA
    00/1948: Omdøpt  NORTH  CAROLINA
    00/1960: Omdøpt  TEXACO NORTH CAROLINA
    00/1971: Solgt Enterprise Shipping Corp. SA, Panama, nytt navn  OSWEGO TARMAC
    07/1977: I kollisjon den 29/7-77 med tanker ELEKTRA ved Curacao.Kondemnert
    10/1977: Solgt Recuperaciones Submarine SA, Santander for opphugging.
    Ankom under slep den 31/10-1977

    Maskineri:
    Steam turbine connected to elec. motor & SC.shaft.
    Maskineri bygget ved General Electric. Co. Lynn, Mass. USA.

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