Vessel, originally known as Taverton, built at Todd-Houston Shipyards, conforms to general specifications of Maritime Commission's T1-M-BT2; originally scheduled for delivery to Great Britain under Lend Lease, ship was laid up in reserve fleet at Beaumont, Tex, and after about 1 yr was bought by Standard Oil Co of Calif, and renamed Chevron; length oa 325 ft 2 in.; beam 48 ft 2 in.; powered by Nordberg 6-cyl Diesel engine developing 1400 bhp at 272-rpm.
Chevron -- Hardworking Tanker
Motorship
Motorship ; 34 , n 8
1949
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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