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Mobilube - (1939-1943 & 1947-1954)
See also : Winamac (3) - (1954-1972)
"Mobilube", during the first years of WW2.(Photo US Coast Guard)
Build in 1939 as "Mobilube". After hit by torpedo from "U-121" on January 18, 1943, heavily damaged and
considered "Total Loss". The ship didn´t sink and was later repaired and sailed until 1954 when it was
renamed as "Winamac". Sold to the Brilliant Transportation Co. SA, Panama.
In 1972 arrived in Kaohsiung for scrap.
"Mobilube" in 1939.
T2 tanker design was first adapted from S.S. Mobilfuel and S.S. Mobilube, built for the Socony-Vacuum Company (later to become Mobile Oil). They
were 501 feet six inches long overall, with a beam of 68 feet. They wererated at 9,900 tons gross, and a deadweight tonnage of 15,850 tons. They
displaced about 21,100 tons. Six of these ships were built by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard in Maryland. Drawing her original configuration
with Socony-Vacuum POil Company Funnel.
( Drawing Copyright 2007 Karsten-Kunibert Krüger-Kopiske )
The "Yorba Linda", seen here towing the "Mobilube" in 1947.
A new marine towing record — 6,350 miles — was established in 1947 by Socony Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., in towing its war damaged tanker Mobilube from Subic Bay in the Philippine Islands to San Francisco Bay.
When a Jap torpedo found its mark In January, 1943, the Mobilube's hull was damaged and her engine room put out of commission. For the remainder of the war she served the Navy as a mobile oil tank, being towed behind active units of the United States Fleet.
The saga of this record tow began on May 26, 1947, when a Standard Vacuum Oil Company tanker, the Yorba Linda, steamed out of Subic Bay with the Mobilube in tow behind two hundred fathoms of Tubbs Extra Superior Manila Rope. According to Captain A. L. Dark, the Mobilube's original skipper, the strain on the 12" Extra Superior was so great at times that the line calipered only 95/8" circ. Extra Superior Manila once again proved its complete dependability and brought the tanker home safely 45 days after leaving Subic Bay.
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The Miramar Ship Index for "MOBILUBE"
IDNo:
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5391777
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Year:
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1939
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Name:
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MOBILUBE
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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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29.04.1939
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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06.1939
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Tons:
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10222
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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15850
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Yard No:
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4333
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Length overall:
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152.9
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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148.8
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.8
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Builder:
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Bethlehem SB Corp.
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrows Point
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-15
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Subsequent History:
1943 YO-164 - 1947 MOBILUBE - 1954 WINAMAC -
[ 1957 Lg, widened & deepened, 164.5 / 160.1 x 22.6 mtr, 11981 grt / 19254 dwt ]
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 13.12.72. [ By Haung Yung Steel Corp. ]
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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238660
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5391777
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1939
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MOBILUBE
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10222
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.
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5391777
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1939
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YO-164
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10222
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1943
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U.S. Navy
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5391777
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1939
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MOBILUDE
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10222
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1947
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.
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5391777
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1939
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WINAMAC
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10222
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1954
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Brilliant Tptn Co., SA
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5391777
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5391777
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1939
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WINAMAC
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11981
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1957
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Mobil Tankers Co., SA
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5391777
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5391777
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1939
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WINAMAC
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11981
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1963
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Iberian Tankers Co.
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