Port of Registry -
Nassau, Bahamas
Date Entered Texaco Service - 1960 Transfered from
Norwegian Fleet to Getty Marine Corp (a Texaco subsidiary)
managed by Texaco Marine Services Inc who manned ship with TOT
Officers on 22 January 1986
Date Left Texaco Service - scrapped 15 December 1987 in
Taiwan
Year Built / Builders - 1960 Blythwood Shipbuilding Co
Ltd, Glasgow, UK
Length Overall - 174.91 metres
Breadth - 21.95 metres
Depth - 12.1 metres
Loaded Draft - 9.64 metres
Deadweight - 18,810
Net Tonnage - 7,187
Gross Tonnage - 12,884
Engine Type - Doxford, 2-stroke, single acting, 6
cylinder, 650 mm bore x 2320 mm stroke developing 8,800 bhp
(6,473 kW), driving a fixed pitch propeller.
Average Speed - 14.0 knots
Notes - It is believed she was the last three castle ship
to be built.
By 1985 the number of ships in each of Texaco's four fleets had
declined. To meet the reduced demand an international fleet
headquarters was formed at Port Arthur, Texas under the name
Texaco Marine Services Inc. One of the companies managed by TMSI
was Getty Marine Corporation.
An outcome of these changes was Texaco |
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