ST Beaujolais

History

Name:	Flying A New York (1954–) New York Getty Beaujolais
Owner:	Tide Water Assoc. Oil (1954–) Crest Tankers, Inc. MARAD (1988–2006) ESCO Marine, Inc. (2006–)
Builder:	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Launched:	1954
Identification:	Official Number: 267198
General characteristics
Tonnage:	17,054 GT
Length:	628 ft (191 m) LOA
Beam:	82.5 ft (25.1 m)
Draft:	33.6 ft (10.2 m)
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)

ST Beaujolais was a tanker built in March 1954 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock for Tide Water Assoc. Oil and christened Flying A New York. 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.

References

"Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars - Beaujolais". MARAD. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved 2006-10-12.

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