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Carbide Texas City (1976/01)
  IMO: 5063203  
Details/Construction
Builder:Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock CompanyLocation:Chester, Pennsylvania, United StatesHull #:272
Design:T2-SE-A1
Keel Layed:Launched:1942/11/11Commissioned:1942/12
Propulsion
As builtType:1 General Electric steam turbine engineOutput:7240 shp (5401 kW) - 14.5 knots
Manufacturer:General Electric Company - Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
 
Dimensions
Year: 1961Length (oa):159.57 m (523.5 ft)Gross Tonnage:9141
Length (lbp):153.32 m (503.0 ft)Net Tonnage:5290
Beam:20.78 m (68.2 ft)Dead Weight:15320
Depth:12.02 m (39.4 ft)Displacement:
Draft:8.99 m (29.5 ft) 
Change Description:Converted to a chemical tanker/container ship
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey - USA1942/121950
Esso Shipping Company - USA19501960
Humble Oil & Refining Company - USA19601961
Union Carbide Corporation - USA19611979/05
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Germantown1942/11
Esso Paterson1961
Carbide Texas City1979/05
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 5063203 Wilmington, Delaware, United States 1942/12 1961
US 5063203 New York, NY, United States KFGF 1961 1979/05
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Brownsville, Texas by the Brownsville Steel & Salvage Company
Arrival at Yard1979/05/21Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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