JUNEAU tanker

[aukepalmhof]

From Mr. Gennadiy Sitnikov I received the info that the ship on this stamp is the American ship JUNEAU and the tug LOTSMAN KHIBIKOV.

Built as a crude oil tanker under yard No 4635 by the yard of Bethlehem steel Corp. at Sparrows Point for the Metaric Corporation and managed by Arco Marine Inc., Long Beach, U.S.A.
19 January 1974 launched as the ARCO JUNEAU.
Tonnage 57,691 grt, 122,520 dwt, dim. 269.2 x 42.2m, length bpp. 259.1m
Powered by a steam turbine?, one shaft, speed 16.5 knots.
Crew 28
1974 Completed under USA flag and registry.
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01 August 1977 she sailed from Valdez, Alaska with the first crude oil out of the Alaska oil pipeline to Cherry Point, Wash.
1988 In ballast she ran into the Carquinez Bridge, San Francisco Bay, rupturing tanks, no oil spills.
1989 Sold by the Bankers Trust Co. Ltd. as Trustees, U.S.A. to August Trading Inc. Cedar Rapids, U.S.A. and renamed JUNEAU.
Managed then by Sabine Transportation Co., U.S.A.
15 February 2001 she arrived at Chittagong, Bangladesh for scrapping.

Georgia 2002 30t sg?, scott? MS scott280 (the tugboat at the stern is the LOTSMAN KHIBIKOV.)

Who knows the names of the ships on the other stamps on MS scott280.

Source: http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz Marine News and various web-sites.

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

Nt:49,658, Depth:20.73m. Draught:15.77m. 2 G.E. steam turbines:26,000 shp. (19,125 kW.) geared to single shaft, 5 tanks, 8 wingtanks 134,684 m³, 4 cargo pumps, total 14,528 tons/hr. IMO.7366295, call sign KSBG.
(LR88/89 + 95/96)