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"Mobilgas", 9,925 dwt - US flag, owned by Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., and build in 1937 by Sun S.B. & D.D. Co., Chester, Pa.
( Photo Copyright © 2008 Steamship Historical Society of America )
"Mobilgas (1)".( Photo Copyright © 2008 Steamship Historical Society of America )
"Mobilgas (1)".( Photo Copyright © 2008 Steamship Historical Society of America )
"Mobilgas (1)", during the first years of WW2.(Photo US Coast Guard)
"Mobilgas (1)", during the first years of WW2.(Photo US Coast Guard)
"Mobilgas".
Mobilgas
LOA 501 '7", Beam 68', Depth 37', 15,515DWT, 131,195 bbls
De Laval turbines, cross-compound, double reduction gears, developing 4000SHP at 75RPM 13.2 knots
Launched 30 January and commissioned 7 February 1937 at Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania.
MOBILGAS rode with and against the Gulf Stream, in cargo and ballast, up and down the east coast of the US, until these waters turned vicious with German U-boats during the early months of 1942. MOBILGAS survived the onslaught and was requisitioned for War duty by WSA in April 1942.
Under government control she at first sweated out transatlantic convoys loaded with Navy fuel or aviation gas. Later she lifted war cargoes out of Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, for Australia and New Guinea, following General McArthur as he hopped from island to island and finally returned to the Philippines.
MOBILGAS was one of the five vessels of the pre-war fleet which came home in triumph. She was returned to Socony-Vacuum in November 1945, reconditioned, and placed once more in coastal service. In early 1954 her immediate future was undetermined.
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Additional information Starke & Schell registers :
MOBILGAS - 1937 USA 1ST (aft)(12½)
9,860 GRT for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York 486.3 x 68.3
Tanker, built by Sun SB. & DD. Co., Chester, Pa. (2) #158 235840
1955 - WICHITA Brilliant Transportation Co., S.A., Panama [Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.], PA
1957 - Mobil Tankers Co., S.A., Panama - s/o
1957 - PACIFIC ENDURANCE Cia. Maritima Asiatic-Panamense, S.A., Panama [C. Y. Tung]
1959 - HAN YUNG Chinese Maritime Trust, Ltd., Keelung [C. Y. Tung], TW
Broken up at Kaohsiung 1959 (last reported movement, sailed Fao 25.6.59 for Kaohsiung).
The Miramar Ship Index for "MOBILGAS"
IDNo:
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2235840
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Year:
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1937
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Name:
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MOBILGAS
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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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30.01.1937
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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02.1937
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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158
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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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148.2
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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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Sun
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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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1ST-12.5
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Subsequent History:
1955 WICHITA - 1957 PACIFIC ENDURANCE -
1959 HAN YUNG
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 07.1959.
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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235840
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2235840
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1937
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MOBILGAS
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9860
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Socony-Vacuum Oil
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2235840
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1937
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WICHITA
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9860
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1955
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Socony-Vacuum Oil
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2235840
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1937
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PACIFIC ENDURANCE
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9860
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1957
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C.Y. Tung
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2235840
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1937
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HAN YUNG
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9860
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1959
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C.Y. Tung
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