s o m e

SHIPS IN MY HEART

As M/T America (14,300 tdw)

1) M/S MOFJELL (12,870 tdw)
I/S Mofjell (Torvald Klaveness), Oslo, Norway
In service as M/T & M/S Mofjell: 1958 - 1965
Built in 1939-46 as tanker by Deutsche Werft A/G, Hamburg as B#234.
Main engines: 2 x M.A.N. 8 cyl., 5.100 bhp, top speed 13 knots.
Converted to bulk carrier in Horten, Norway in 1960.

Built by Deutsche Werft A/G, Hamburg, originally ordered by The Texas
Company (Norway) A/S, Oslo in 1939. This company was controlled by The
Texas Co., US, and its ships managed by Haakon Chr. Mathiesen, Oslo.
Transferred in Apr. 1940 to Texas Co., Wilmington, Delaware. Launched
June 14, 1941 for Texaco Panama Inc., Panama, laid up unfinished. Seized
by the Kriegsmarine in Dec. 1941. Named M/T Texaco 1943? Sailed as
Schiff X from Apr. 1945? Damaged by allied air attack on Hamburg in
Apr. 30, 1945. Repaired and completed in 1946 to the original orderer:
The Texas Co (Norway) A/S, Oslo.