sts W. Alton Jones (2nd)
This pictures shows the second W. Alton Jones (PIMH) which was built in 1959 in Sweden and carrying the Dutch flag.
The name of 'W. Alton Jones' comes from the person with that name who became Cities Service's president in 1942. He gained much prestige during the period that he served the company and probably due to that fact the biggest ship of the company was traditionally named after him. As the two new ships which were built in Sweden became the biggest in the fleet now , one of them was named after this president. The second ship was called Burl. S Watson, callsign PDHS. The W. Alton Jones on which I sailed was therefore renamed to Cities Service Valley Forge. There is also the 'W. Alton Jones Foundation' For a short description click on the blue underlined name.
The second W. Alton Jones was built in 1959 by the Swedish yard Sörviksvarvet A/B at Uddevalla, Sweden. Owners were the N.V. Scheepvaart Mij. Maasvliet at Rotterdam and managed by Phs. van Ommeren N.V. also at Rotterdam.
Some particulars:
Brt: 40621
Nrt: 27646
Deadweight tonnage: 69965
Length: 251,57 meter
Width: 35,41 meter
Engine power : 22.000 pk
Service speed : 16,0 knoop
IMO number : 5384140
Callsign: PIMH
In 1965 the ships the was handed over to Grand Bassa Tankers Inc., Monrovia and thus changed flag again.
The ship was lengthened in 1972: brt 51490 and the new length was now 287,94 meter
At the 4th of September 1976 arrived at the demolition yard at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
The picture shows the ship just before it entered it's natural element at the Uddevalla Sörviksvarvet in Sweden. The date was the 7th of March, 1959. Photo's by courtesy of Rob van Leeuwen
For an overview of all the other ships on
which I sailed during my period at sea please visit the Marine
page.