Lake tanker damaged by a torpedo at Aruba, part of the ships remains as dive site
History
Name
1938: Pedernales
1957: Esso Pedernales
1958: Katendrecht
Owner
Lago Oil and Transport Company (Esso)
Port of registry
London
Builder
Cantiere Riuniti dell´Adriatico
Monfalcone, Italy
Launched
14 July 1938
Completed
September 1938
Refit
after torpedo attack on 16 February 1942
Homeport
London
Fate
broken up at Rotterdam, October 1959
General characteristics
Type
oil tanker
Tonnage
4,317 GRT
Crew
26
SS Pedernales was a lake tanker of the World War II and post war eras. She was built in 1938 in Monfalcone, Italy, and sailed under the British flag. Pedernales was severely damaged in a torpedo attack on 16 February 1942 while anchored at Aruba.
The damaged ship was cut into three sections. The fore and aft sections were joined, and the ship made her way to Baltimore, Maryland, to be rebuilt. The middle section was left in Aruba and, after being used for a number of years as a target by Dutch gunners after the war, has become a scuba diving site.
The rebuilt portion of the tanker, later renamed Esso Pedernales and Katendrecht, was scrapped in 1959.
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