ST Beaujolais
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ST Beaujolais was a tanker
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She was built in March 1954 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
for Tide Water Assoc. Oil. The tanker was later owned by Crest Tankers, Inc. She then entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet
at Beaumont, Texas
on 29 October 1987. MARAD
later gained title on 4 March 1988. In June 2006 she was finally sold for scrap to ESCO Marine, Inc.
Tanker (ship)
A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...
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She was built in March 1954 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Northrop Grumman Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding , originally Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , was the largest privately-owned shipyard in the United States prior to being purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2001...
for Tide Water Assoc. Oil. The tanker was later owned by Crest Tankers, Inc. She then entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet
National Defense Reserve Fleet
The National Defense Reserve Fleet consists of "mothballed" ships, mostly merchant vessels, that can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping for the United States of America during national emergencies, either military or non-military, such as commercial shipping crises.The NDRF is...
at Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...
on 29 October 1987. MARAD
Marad
Marad was an ancient Sumerian city. Marad was situated on the west bank of the then western branch of the Upper Euphrates River west of Nippur in modern day Iraq and roughly 50 km southeast of Kish, on the Arahtu River.The city's ziggurat E-igi-kalama was dedicated to Ninurta the god of...
later gained title on 4 March 1988. In June 2006 she was finally sold for scrap to ESCO Marine, Inc.
Data
- Official Number: 267198
- LOA: 628 ft
- Breadth: 82.5 ft
- Draft: 33.6 ft
- Gross: 17,054 tons
- Speed: 16 knots