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Montrolite (1) - (1918-1926)
"Montrolite (1)".
"Montrolite (1)". Shows ship in US type 13 design B camouflage in 1918.(Photo from US Nat’l Archives)
"Montrolite (1)", seen here as "USS Marmora", as the Soviet tanker SS "Valerian Kuybyshev" at San Francisco, CA. circa 1943,
after having been transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend Lease.
Note the Soviet flag and name displayed under the bridge
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
MONTROLITE - 1918, US, 1ST (aft)(10½)
6,835 grt for Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), New York, 419.6 x 57.2
Tanker build by Ames SB. Co., Seattle, Wash. , (8), #4, 216747
1922 - re-engined 1T
1923 - Imperial Oil, Ltd., Montreal, CA , 150708
1926 - J. C. FITZSIMMONS, Standard Oil Co. of California, San Francisco, US
1943 - VALERIAN KUIBYSHEV, U.S.S.R. (bareboat charter from U.S. War Shipping Admin.), RU
1944 - J. C. FITZSIMMONS, U.S. War Shipping Administration, San Francisco, US
12/1944 - MARMORA, U.S. Navy (IX-189) - station tanker
2/1946 - J. C. FITZSIMMONS, U.S. War Shipping Administration, San Francisco
Sold Feb. 1947 to Pinto Island Metals Co., Mobile, Ala. and scrapped.
The Miramar Ship Index for "MONTROLITE"
IDNo:
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2216747
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Year:
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1918
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Name:
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MONTROLITE
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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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08.06.1918
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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08.1918
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Ton:
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6835
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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4
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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127.9
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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17.4
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Builder:
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Ames
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Seattle
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-10.5
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Subsequent History:
1926 J.C. FITZSIMMONS - 1943 VALERIAN KUIBYSHEV -
1944 J.C. FITZSIMMONS - 1944 MARMORA -
1946 J.C. FITZSIMMONS
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Mobile 02.1947. [ By Pinto Island Metals Co., Mobile, Ala ]
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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150708
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2216747
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1918
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MONTROLITE
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6835
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Standard Oil Co (New Jersey)
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216747
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2216747
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1918
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J.C. FITZSIMMONS
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6835
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1926
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Standard Oil Co of California
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|
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2216747
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1918
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VALERIAN KUIBYSHEV
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6835
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1943
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USSR
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IX-189
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2216747
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1918
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MARMORA
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6835
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1944
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U.S. Navy
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|
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2216747
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1918
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J.C. FITZSIMMONS
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6835
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1946
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U.S. War Shipping Administration
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