Drawing made by G.J. Frans Naerebout and published in Op de Lange Deining
IMO 5058533. Built as the so-called T2-SE-A1 tanker Ford Ridgely for the UMSC. In 1947 she was handed over to the Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama. In 1950 as the Caltex Leiden owned by the N.V. Nederlandsche Pacific Tankvaart Maatschappij of The Hague, Netherlands to be used between Rotterdam, Netherland and other oil ports like Sidon, Lebanon. Since 1968 as the Chevron Leiden, in service of Chevron Tankers (Nederland) N.V., The Hague. On 1 November 1976 heavily damaged by a turbine explosion was she sold and a year broken up by Gi Yen Steel Enterprise Co.Ltd., at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She arrived there on 17 February in the meantime renamed Leiden.
Laid down at the Alabama Drydick and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama, USA with yard number 315, launched on 12 November 1944 and completed on the 30th. Original specifications dimensions 153,3 (between perpendiculars)-159,6 (over all) x 20,7 metres, tonnage of 10.172 tons and a deadweight of 16.613 tons. She was in 1966 by Hitachi S.B.&Eng. Co. Ltd. Kanagawa Shipyard, Kawasaki, Japan lengthened by replacing the fore resulting in an increased gross register tonnage of 13,785 tons and as dimensions 164,6 (between perpendiculars)-172, *over all) x 23,6 metres. In November handed over to her owner. Speed as the Caltex Leiden14,4 miles due to the 6.000 hp delivered by the turbine and electro motors. Her crew numbered then 45 men.
