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Baltimore Trader (1993/07)
  IMO: 5267990  
Details/Construction
Builder:Bethlehem - Sparrows Point ShipyardLocation:Sparrows, Point, Maryland, United StatesHull #:4542
Keel Layed:Launched:1955/05/24Commissioned:1955/08
Propulsion
As builtType:1 steam turbine engineOutput:15000 shp (11033 kW) - 17.5 knots
Manufacturer:Bethlehem Steel Company - Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
  
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):184.3 m (604.66 ft)Gross Tonnage:16185
Length (lbp):175.3 m (575.0 ft)Net Tonnage:9940
Beam:23.9 m (78.33 ft)Dead Weight:25214
Depth:13.5 m (44.25 ft)Displacement:
Draft:10.6 m (34.9 ft) 
Year: 1971Length (oa):243.85 m (800.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:27269
Length (lbp):234.86 m (770.5 ft)Net Tonnage:21442
Beam:31.20 m (102.4 ft)Dead Weight:58813
Depth:15.91 m (52.2 ft)Displacement:
Draft:12.164 m (39.9 ft) 
Change Description:New bow and cargo section fitted at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company shipyard in Newport News, Virginia in 1971 significantly increasing her size and carrying capacity - Originally rebuilt to serve a 15-year charter to Texaco however shortly after the completion of her rebuild, the charter was cancelled.
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Petroleum Tankers Inc. - USA1955/081970
American Trading & Production Corporation - USA19701972
American Trading & Transportation Company Inc. - USA19721991
Penn-Attransco Corporation - USA19911995/07
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
P.W. Thirtle1971
Baltimore Trader1995/07
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 270179 Wilmington, Delaware, United States KASJ 1955/08 1971
US 270179 Baltimore, Maryland, United States KASJ 1971 1995/07
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Alang, India by Baldev Shipbreakers
Arrival at Yard1995/07/18Beached:Work Began:1995/08/28
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