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T2 TANKERS - B

NAME
 BLDR
 COMP.
 HISTORY
BALDWIN HILLS
 03
 12.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., San Francisco
1948 FEDERAL, Petroleum Navigation Corp, Wilmington, Del.
1950 Trafalgar Steamship Corp., Wilmington, Del.
1957 Alexander S. Onassis Corp., Monrovia
1962 Sunstone Marine Panama S.A., Monrovia.
1963 ADVENTURER, same owner.
1969 Scrapped at Kaohsiung.
BALL'S BLUFF
 04
 7.43
 1943 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Philadelphia.
1948 AMBRONIA, Ambronia Cia de Nav., Genoa.
1956 RINA CORRADO, Corrado Soc. di Nav., Genoa.
1963 Sicilarma Soc. di Nav. per Azioni, Palermo.
1963 Corrado Soc. di Nav, Genoa.
1966 Scrapped at Trieste.
BANDELIER
 02
 7.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.
1947 THELIDOMUS, Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London.
1955 N.V. Petroleum Mij. "La Corona" (Shell Tankers N.V.), The Hague.
1960 Shell Tankers N.V., The Hague
1961 Scrapped at Faslane.
BARREN HILL 01 8.44
1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin, Mobile.
1947 Lanmore Co Inc, Panama
1948 Panama Transoceanic Co, S.A., Panama.
1960 PHYLLIS T. CONWAY, same owner, rebuilt to 548ft, 14,417 g.t.
1975 Scrapped at San Esteban de Pravia.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN
 02
 10.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.
1946 National Bulk Carriers Inc., Wilmington, Del.
1948 re-engined.
1951 American Tankers Corp. of Delaware, Wilmington, Del.
1954 National Bulk Carriers Inc., Wilmington, Del.
1958 TRINITY, Sabine Transportation Co, Baltimore, Md.
1959 rebuilt to 545ft, 11,386 g.t.
1967 rebuilt to 556ft, 13,806 g.t.
1983 Scrapped at Gadani Beach.
BATTLE ROCK
 02
 3.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.
1948 American Marine Corp., New York.
1949 United States Petroleum Carriers Inc., New York.
1957 Alexander S. Onassis Corp, Monrovia.
1962 Rosedale Navigation Co, Monrovia.
1963 ARMOR, same owner.
1969 Scrapped at Kaohsiung.
BEACON ROCK
 02
 9.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.
1944 DONBASS,  U.S.S.R., Vladivostok.
17th Feb.1946 stranded and broke in two, 360 miles SSE from Adagha Island, Aleutians. Forepart scrapped, afterpart sold to Pacific Gas & Electric Co for use as floating power plant at Eureka, Calif.
BEAR PAW
 01
 6.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1947 WILCHIEF, Skips A/S Awilco (Anders Wilhelmsen), Oslo
1960 WILPOWER, same owner.
1963 WILDURA, same owner, rebuilt to 551.6ft, 15,966 g.t. bulk carrier.
1968 WINDSOR, Winco Tankers Inc, Panama. afterpart joined to forepart of tanker ABIQUA and renamed BEAR PAW and laid up at Mobile.
1970 Afterpart scrapped and forepart converted to barge..
BEAVER DAM
 01
 4..44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1947 Deep Sea Shipping & Chartering Co, Panama.
1963 converted to 551.9ft, 15,419 g.t. bulk carrier.
1966 Beaverdam Tankers Co, Panama.
1968 EASTERN EAGLE, Astrodevoto Cia Nav. S.A., Panama..
1977 PSARA FLAG, Depot & Co-Ordination S.A., Panama.
1981 In storage service at  Dammam. Saudi Arabia.
1984 Scrapped.
BEECHER ISLAND
 01
 12.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1947 British Tanker Co, London.
1959 Scrapped at Barrow.
BELRIDGE HILLS
 03
 6.45
 1945 U.S. War Shipping Admin., San Francisco.
1948 MOSBAY, A/S Mosvold Shipping Co, Farsund, Norway.
1952 FURY, Cia. Naviera Acapulco S.A., Monrovia.
1953 SUNBEAM, Golfo Sureno Cia. Nav. S.A., Monrovia
1960 rebuilt to 556ft, 12,723 g.t. bulk carrier.
1964 SOULI, Parnassos Shipping Corp, Monrovia.
1970 PACROVER, Pacofoc Coast Shipping Co, Monrovia.
24th Dec.1972 foundered in gale 800 miles south from Kodiak on voyage Vancouver to Yokohama.
BEMIS HEIGHTS 01 9.44

1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1947 ESSO WHEELING, Standard Oil Co (New Jersey), Wilmington, Del.
5th Nov.1948 wrecked off Quoin Point, South Africa on voyage Santos to Abadan.
BENNINGTON
 04
 10.42
 1942 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Philadelphia.
1945 Keystone Tankship Corp., Wilmington, Del.
1968 Chas. Kurz & Co, Wilmington, Del.
1972 Scrapped ar Kaohsiung.
BENT'S FORT
 02
 11.45
 1945 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.
1948 Cities Service Oil Co, New York.
1963 TRANSHUDSON, Hudson Waterways Corp, New York.
1970 Scrapped at Castellon.
BIG BEND
 02
 3.45
 1945 U.S. War Shipping Admin.,Portland, Ore.
1946 OLEUM, Union Oil Co. of California, Los Angeles.
1955 BIG BEND, Potrero Corp, New York.
1956 American Tramp Shipping Developement Corp, New York.
1957 TRITON, Red Canyon Corp, Monrovia.
1962 SOUTHAMPTON, Kulukundis Maritime Industries Inc, New York.
1962 Rebuilt to 555ft, 14,462 g.t. bulk carrier.
1963 COLUMBIA, Ambrose Transport Inc, New York.
1965 Sea Transport Inc, New York.
1969 Ogden Sea Transport Inc, New York.
1981 Scrapped at Hong Kong.
BIRCH COULIE
 01
 3.43
 1943 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1948 Independent Tankships Inc, Wilmington, Del.
1955 Keystone Shipping Co, Philadelphia.
1957 MEMORY, Panexito Cia. Nav. S.A., Monrovia.
1960 Scrapped at Trieste.
BLACK HILLS
 02
 10.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.
1948 STANVAC HONG KONG, Standard-Vacuum Oil Co, Wilmington, Del.
1955 same owner, Panama.
1962 Scrapped at Hirao.
BLACK JACK
 04
 9.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Philadelphia.
1947 WILLIAM F. HUMPHREY, Tide Water Associated Oil Co, Wilmington, Del.
1957 Tidewater Oil Co. Inc, Wilmington, Del.
1967 Getty Oil Co, Wilmington, Del.
1968 WILMINGTON GETTY, same owner, rebuilt to 556ft, 13,659 g.t.
1977 Getty Refining & Marketing Co, Wilmington, Del.
1983 Scrapped at Kaohsiung.
BLACK RIVER
 01
 10.45
 1945 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1947 PONCA CITY, Continental Oil Co, Wilmington, Del.
1948 MARINE LEADER, Marine Corp., Wilmington, Del.
1954 Marine Navigation Co, Wilmington, Del.
1956 MAXTON, Waterman Steamship Corp, Mobile.
1960 Transocean Petroleum Carriers, Wilmington, Del.
1962 POTOMAC, Empire Transport Inc, New York.
1962 Rebuilt to 572ft, 13,858 g.t. bulk carrier.
1982 Scrapped at Gadani Beach.
BLACKSTOCKS FORD
 04
 4.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Philadelphia.
1946 ESSO KNOXVILLE, Standard Oil Co (New Jersey), Wilmington, Del.
1947 Panama Transport Co, Panama.
1959 TRANSOCEANICA, Petrolera Transoceanica S.A., Callao, Peru.
1972 Scrapped at Kaohsiung.
BLACKWATER
 04
 9.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin.,  Philadelphia.
1947 IMPERIAL TORONTO, Imperial Oil Shipping Co, Montreal.
1955 Imperial Oil Ltd, Montreal.
1958 ESSO NASSAU, Standard Tankers (Bahamas) Co, London.
1960 NASSAU CAY, Coastwise Tankoil Ltd, London.
1961 DIMITRIOS, Minerva Maritime Corp, Monrovia.
1963 Rebuilt to 551ft, 13,486 g.t. bulk carrier.
1968 Same owner, Samos.
1975 NICHOLAS C, Obo Tanker Corp, Panama.
21st Jun.1975 adrift after boiler trouble 200 miles from Beira, sprang a leak, abandoned and presumed foundered.
BLADENSBURG
 02
 9.43
 1943 U.S. War Shipping Admin.,  Portland, Ore.
1947 ESSO ALLENTOWN, Standard Oil Co (New Jersey), Wilmington, Del.
1950 Esso Shipping Co, Wilmington, Del.
1960 Humble Oil & Refining Co, Wilmington, Del.
1963 ALLENTOWN CARRIER, Allentown Carriers Inc, New York.
1963 BLADENSBURG, Bladensburg Corp. Inc, New York.
1967 TRANSSUPERIOR, Hudson Waterways Inc, New York.
1967 Rebuilt to 546ft, 11,957 g.t.
1972 Polk Tanker Corp, New York.
1979 U.S. Dep't of Commerce - Maritime Administration.
1981 Scrapped at Brownsville, Tex.
BLOODY MARSH
 04
 6.43
 1943 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Philadelphia.
2nd Jul.1943 Torpedoed, shelled and sunk by U.66 in 31.33N 78.57W on voyage Houston to New York.
BLUE LICKS
 01
 3.45
 1945 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1947 Overseas Tankship Corp., Panama.
1950 CALTEX UTRECHT, N.V. Nederlandsche Pacific Tankvaart Mij., The Hague.
1966 PRAIA BRANCA, Lisnave Shipyard, Lisbon, converted to hulk.
1967 Deleted from Lloyds Register.
BOONESBOROUGH
 01
 5.45
 1945 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1947 Overseas Tankship Corp, Panama.
1950 CALTEX THE HAGUE, N.V. Nedelandsche Pacific Tankvaart Mij, The Hague.
1967 Rebuilt to 550ft, 13,894 g.t.
1967 CHEVRON THE HAGUE, Chevron Tankers (Nederland) N.V., The Hague.
1983 Scrapped at Santander.
BOUNDBROOK
 04
 3.43
 1943 U.S. War Shipping Admin.,  Philadelphia.
1947 IMPERIAL EDMONTON, Imperial Oil Shipping Co, Montreal.
1955 Imperial Oil Ltd, Montreal.
1958 HULL 28, Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd, Montreal.
1960 Scrapped at Port Weller, Ont. Stern section and engines used in construction of Great Lakes bulk carrier RED WING.
BRADFORD ISLAND
 02
 4.45
 1945 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.
1948 Cities Service Oil Co, New York.
1970 rebuilt to 595ft, 18,681 g.t.
1975 International Ocean Transport Corp, New York.
1979 Grand Bassa Tankers Inc, New York.
1979 CONCHO, Sabine Towing & Transportation Co, Baltimore, Md.
1998 HMI TRADER, Hvide Marine Inc, Port Everglades, Fla.
2000 RADER,  for delivery to breakers at Alang.
BRANDY STATION
 04
 12.43
 1943 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Philadelphia
1946 PAN-NEW YORK, Pan-American Petroleum & Transport Co, Wilmington, Del.
1954 American Oil Co, Baltimore.
1956 AMOCO NEW YORK, same owner.
1970 Amoco Shipping Co, Baltimore.
11th Mar.1978 damaged by striking submerged object and scrapped at Brownsville, Tex.
BRIAR CREEK
 01
 9.44
 1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1947 The Texas Co, Wilmington, Del.
1948 NORTH CAROLINA, same owner.
1960 TEXACO NORTH CAROLINA, same owner.
1971 OSWEGO TARMAC, Enterprise Shipping Corp, Panama.
29th Jul.1977 damaged in collision with ELEKTRA at Curacao and scrapped at Santander.
BROOKFIELD
 02
 5.43
 1943 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.
1948 WILLIAM M. BURDEN, Union Sulphur Co. Inc, New York.
1950 Pacific Tankers Inc, New York.
1951 Western Tankers Inc, New York.
1957 Alexander S. Onassis Corp, Monrovia,
1961 PETRONORTE, Commercial Tankers Inc, Buenos Aires.
1966 Scrapped at Castellon.
BRYCE CANYON
 02
 12.44

1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Portland, Ore.
1947 TURBINELLUS, Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London
1948 Eagle Oil & Shipping Co, London.
1949 SAN LEONARDO, same owner.
1961 Scrapped at Dalmuir.

BUENA VISTA
 04
 3.43
 1943 The Texas Co.,Wilmington, Del.
1950 WYOMING, same owner.
1960 TEXACO WYOMING, same owner.
1961 Rebuilt to 549ft, 14,242 g.t.
1972 SEA LADY, Sea Lady Shipping Co, Wilmington, Del.
1973 Navegacion Goya S.A., Panama.
1974 Scrapped at Hualien.
BUENA VISTA HILLS
 03
 11.44

1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., San Francisco.
1948 TEXAS TRADER, American Trading & Production Corp, Baltimore.
1962 Scrapped at Hong Kong.
BUFFALO WALLOW
 01
 4.43
 1943 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Mobile.
1948 F. O. PRIOR, Stanolind Marine Transport Co, Wilmington, Del.
1950 Pan-American Petroleum & Transport Co, Wilmington, Del.
1951 PAN-CONNECTICUT, same owner.
1954 American Oil Co, Baltimore.
1955 AMOCO CONNECTICUT, same owner.
1957 First Tanker Co, Wilmington, Del., rebuilt to 552ft, 12,491 g.t.
1960 American Oil Co, Baltimore.
1970 Amoco Shipping Co, New York.
1981 Scrapped at Brownsville, Tex.
BULL RUN
 04
 7.43

1943 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Philadelphia.
1947 Petrol Tanker Industries Inc, Wilmington, Del.
1955 U.S. Dep't of Commerce - Marine Administration.
1956 Loaned to U.S. Navy - MSTS (T-AO-156)
1969 Afterpart joined to forepart of container ship ANCHORAGE to give 471.1ft, 11,476 g.t. vessel.
1969 ANCHORAGE, Sea-Land Service Inc, Wilmington, Del.
1973 Litton Indiustries Leasing Corp, Wilmington, Del.
1975 Reynolds Leasing Corp., Wilmington, Del.
1980 Scrapped at Brownsville, Tex.

BUNKER HILL
 04
 4.42
 1942 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Philadelphia.
1945 Keystone Tankship Corp., Wilmington, Del.
6th Mar.1964 exploded and broke in two near Anacortes, Wash. on voyage Tacoma - Anacortes.
BUSHY RUN
 04
 12.44

1944 U.S. War Shipping Admin., Philadelphia.
1946 Gulf Oil Corp, Philadelphia.
1947 GULFRAY, same owner.
1958 GULFLION, Blackships Inc, Wilmington, Del. rebuilt to 552.5ft, 12,651 g.t.
1981 MONA, Steamship Co. Mona Inc, Los Angeles.
1983 Eastern Overseas Inc for delivery to breakers.
1984 Scrapped at Kaohsiung.

Index
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