Completed By Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Co in 1944 as the T2 type Fort Ridgely the Caltex Leiden was bought by Caltex and renamed the same year. She was one of the Caltex T2's rebuilt in the 1960's, being given a new forebody built by Hitachi in 1966. 1968 renamed Chevron Leiden. 1 November 1976 damaged by turbine explosion. Renamed Leiden she arrived in tow at Kaohsiung on 17 February 1977 to be broken up.
Dave Edge
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