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Atlas - (1898-1905)
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Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
ATLAS - 1898 USA 1T
1,942 GRT for Standard Oil Co., New York 248.0 x 40.1
Tanker built by Delaware River Iron SB. & Eng. Works, Chester, Pa. (12) #297 107430
1905 - Pacific Coast Oil Co., New York
1906 - Standard Oil Co. of California, Richmond, Calif. / San Francisco - s/o
1925 - Soc. Armatrice Italiana, Genoa, IT 1337
1939 - Ditta G. M. Barbagelata, Genoa
at Tampico, 10 June 1940 - seized there by Mexican Government, Dec. 1941
1941 - LAS CHOAPAS, Petróleos Mexicanos, S.A., Tampico, ME
Torp., shelled and sunk by U 129, 27 June 1942, in 20.15 N - 96.20 W,
voyage Minatitlan - Tampico, oil.
The Miramar Ship Index for "ATLAS"
IDNo:
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2107430
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Year:
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1898
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Name:
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ATLAS
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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17.11.1898
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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12.1898
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Tons:
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1942
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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297
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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75.6
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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12.2
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Builder:
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Delaware River
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Chester, Pa
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1T-
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Subsequent History:
1941 LAS CHOAPAS
Disposal Data:
Torpedoed and lost at 20.15 N / 96.20 W on 27.06.1942.
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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107430
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2107430
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1898
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ATLAS
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1942
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Standard Oil Co. NY
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107430
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2107430
|
1898
|
ATLAS
|
1942
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1905
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Pacific Coast Oil Co.
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107430
|
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2107430
|
1898
|
ATLAS
|
1942
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1906
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Standard Oil Co. of Cal.
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107430
|
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2107430
|
1898
|
ATLAS
|
1942
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1925
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Soc. Armatrice Italiana
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107430
|
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2107430
|
1898
|
ATLAS
|
1942
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1939
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Ditta G. M. Barbagelata
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107430
|
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2107430
|
1898
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LAS CHOAPAS
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1942
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1941
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Petroleos Mexicanos SA
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Additional Information from Uboat.net :
Name: Las Choapas
Type: Steam tanker
Tonnage: 2.005 tons
Completed: 1898 - Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA
Owner: -
Homeport: -
Date of attack: 27 Jun, 1942
Nationality: Mexican
Fate: Sunk by U-129 (Hans-Ludwig Witt)
Position: 20.15N, 96.20W - Grid DK 8299
- See location on a map -
Complement: 32 (4 dead and 28 survivors).
Convoy: -
Route: -
Cargo: -
History: 1941 the Italian Atlas was seized by Mexico and renamed Las Choapas.
Notes on loss: At 15.25 hours on 27 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Las Choapas was torpedoed and sunk
by gunfire by U-129 in the Gulf of Mexico.