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Syosset
T3-S-A1
Built March 1945 by Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.,
as "Syosset" # 1682, for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York.
1955 - Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc., New York
1966 - Mobil Oil Corp., New York
Broken up at Castellon 1972 by Isaac Manuel Varela Davalillo,
arrived 10.11.1971, work begn in 01.1972.
( See photo below )
Ship Report for "SYOSSET"
IDNo:
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5347441
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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SYOSSET
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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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03.02.1945
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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03.1945
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DWT:
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16100
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Yard No:
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4426
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Length overall:
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152.9
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Ship Design:
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T3-S-A1
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LPP:
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148.6
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.7
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Builder:
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Bethlehem
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrow's Point
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-15
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|
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Castellon 10.11.1971 [ I.M.Varela Davalillo ]
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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Name change
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Registered Owner
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247458
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5347441
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1945
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SYOSSET
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9932
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-
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Co Inc.
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"Syosset".
( Photo Copyright A. Duncan )
Syosset
LOA 501' 7"; Beam 68'; Depth 37'; 16,543 DWT, 133,813 bbls.
Bethlehem turbines, cross-compound, Falk reduction gears, developing 7000 SHP at 85 RPM 15.0 knots
Launched 3 February 1945, and commissioned 12 March at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrows
Point, Maryland.
A government T3 tanker, "Syosset" came to Socony-Vacuum under the terms of a third exchange agreement
with the Maritime Commission, in exchange for "Lebec" and "American Arrow".
She entered service in the last year of WWII and served in a few transatlantic convoys prior to VE Day. Then
she switched to the Pacific. She arrived home in November 1945, and after IV years on the US east coast
was allocated on a bareboat charter to General Petroleum Company for use on the Pacific coast.
No Custody & Disposal CARDS