The SS ''Bull Run'' was a type
T2 tanker built at
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company (1917–1989) was a major shipbuilding company in Chester, Pennsylvania on the Delaware River.
Its primary product was tankers, but the company built many types of ships over its 70-year history. During World W ...
in
Chester, PA as hull number 287 and USMC number 362 in 1943. In 1956, the ship was acquired by the
US Navy from the Maritime Administration, assigned to MSTS, and placed in-service as the USNS ''Bull Run'' (T-AO-156). She left the navy in 1957, going back to the Maritime Administration. In 1969, the stern of the ''Bull Run'' was attached to the bow of the
Type C4 ship the ''Anchorage'', and the completed ship then retained the name ''Anchorage''. The bow of the ''Bull Run'' was then scrapped.
References
T2Tanker.org
Type T2-SE-A1 tankers
1943 ships
Ships built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
World War II tankers of the United States
Type T2-SE-A1 tankers of the United States Navy
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