SS Hat Creek

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The T2 tanker Hat Creek in august 1943
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The SS Hat Creek was a type T2 tanker built at Alabama Drydock Co. in July of 1943. It was built as hull number 251 and USMC number 5354. It was sold in 1946 to National Bulk Carriers, Inc. and a year later had a new two cylinder steam turbine installed. In 1957, it had a new middle section installed and was renamed the Amoco Virginia. Subsequent renamings included the Point Judy (1979) and the Point Milton (1980)

Parts of the old middle section were converted into a deck barges and named Venemac 5 and Venemac 6.

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