D/S West Texas

Other names: ex Lake Flag
Call sign: KUMX
Shipping company: Southern Steam Ship Co. Philadelphia, PA. USA
Nationality: USA
Home port: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Shipyard: Globe Ship Building Co., Superior, WI, USA
Build year: 1919
Yard number: 123
Month of delivery: Desember
Other: Participant in WW2
Civilian ships

Gross tonnage:: 2.686
Net tonnage:: 1.665
Propulsion:: Triple 3 cyl.
Engine size:: NHK 188 IHK 1500
Length:: 253.4'
Beam:: 43.8'
Draft:: 26.9'

Under slep i Rotterdam 1920 D/S West Texas - Foto v/ Michael Goldsby
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HISTORIKK:
v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

12/1919: United States Shipping Board, Duluth, U.S.A. - LAKE FLAG
/1922: United States Shipping Board, Philadelphia, U.S.A. - LAKE FLAG
/1926: Southern S.S. Co., Philadelphia, U.S.A. - WEST TEXAS
/1946: China Merchants Steam Navigator Co.Ltd., Shanghai,China - HAI CHUEN
/1948: ombygd: BRUTTO: 2.781 tonn. NET: 1.576 tonn
/1951: Taiwan Navigation Co.Ltd., Keelung, Taiwan - HSIN CHU
/1955: Opphugget i Taiwan

Maskineri:
Triple dampmskin 3 cylindere. diam. 19", 32" & 56"-36".
Maskineri bygget ved Nordberg Mfg. Co. Milwaukee, Wis. USA