"BALALI"

Foto: F. van Rijsbergen
Foto: B. Plokker

Foto: J. van der Klooster

1953 LT 1960 LUNDY'S LANE, 2004 BALALI

US Navy LT-tug
Registered: IMO 8984654
displ.322t, 229 GT, L32,92m(29,34), B8,10m, D3,66m(4,52) (108'(96'3")x28'05"x12'(14'10"))
1 scr, diesel 6cyl Cooper-Bessemer
re-engined 1995 bowthr., diesel V12cyl GM type EMD 12V-645-E7, 2150bhp @900rpm, sp 12,9kn, bp 31,5t

1952: Built by "Avondale Marine Ways" at West Wego, La. (YN 419 ?)
1953: delivered to the US Army
199x: stationed at Hythe, Southampton (GBR)
1995: rebuilt, re-engined diesel V12cyl GM type EMD 12V-645-E7, 2150bhp
2002: To "Crane Engineering" at Southampton (GBR)
2004 -14/08: To "Rijnwaal Shipyard" at Hardinxveld (NLD), for onward sale to Nigeria
2004: To "Nigerian Ports Authority" at Lagos (NGA), renamed BALALI