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W.C. Yeager
A "Look A Like" T2-Tanker

W. C. YEAGER,  US,  1TE (aft)(13¼)
11,615 GRT for Atlantic Refining Co., Philadelphia,  523.5 x 70.2
Tanker built by Sun SB. & DD. Co., Chester, Pa.,  (8),   #229,   240914
1963 - KENT,  Corsair Transportation Corp. (American Bulk Carriers, Inc.), New York
1968 - Navegacion Goya S.A., Panama  [American Bulk Carriers, Inc., New York]
Broken up at Aioi 1969 by Ataka Sangyo K.K., sld. Shimonoseki 29.04.69 for Aioi.
( See photos below )
The Miramar Ship Index for "W.C. YEAGER"
IDNo:
6185319
Year:
1941
Name:
W.C. YEAGER
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
07.02.1941
Flag:
USA
Date of completion:
08.1941

Tons:
11615
Link:
-
DWT:
19165
Yard No:
229
Length overall:
165.7
Ship Design:
LPP:
158.8
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
21.4
Builder:
Sun
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Chester, Pa
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1TE-

Subsequent History:
1963 KENT

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Aioi 04.1969 [ By Ataka Sangyo KK ]

History:
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
240914
6185319
1941
W.C. YEAGER
11615
Atlantic Refining Co
240914
6185319
6185319
1941
KENT
11615
1963
Corsair Tptn Corp.
6185319
6185319
1941
KENT
11615
1968
Nav Goya SA

Source photo Pacific Marine Review, Volume 38, August, 1941
Propulsion Equipment
For Three More Electric Tankers
   Propulsion equipment for three more sister ships to the S.S. W.C. Yeager, launched by the Atlantic Refining Company at Chester, Pa., on July 7 is being manufactured by the General Electric Company. The W.C. Yeager is the sixth in the fleet of all-welded turbine electrically propelled vessels.
   The propulsion equipment consists of a turbine-generator which supplies power for a 5000-shp, 90-rpm synchronous motor. The turbine uses 600 lb, 900° F steam, the highest pressure and temperature employed today for marine propulsion in this country. Generator and motor are connected through
conventional control equipment.
   Cargo oil-pumping equipment may be operated either from the main propulsion generator or from two 430-kw generators which also provide power for auxiliaries in lighting.
   The nine vessels, all G-E equipped, will be duplicates in all essentials. They measure 520 by 70 by 40 feet and have a dead weight of about 18.000 tons. Displacement is 23,898 tons. Each ship will carry 154,000 barrels ol crude oil at a speed of better than 13.25 knots.
The five vessels already commissioned are the E.H. Blum, J.W. Van Dyke, Robert H. Colley, E.J. Henry, and Robert C. Tuttle.

Remark: Finally, there where 7 tankers built, including the SS John D. Gill.    ( AAV )

 
"Kent", ex. "W.C. Yeager", underway to the scrapyard in Japan, towed by a Dutch tug.
 
"Kent", ex. "W.C. Yeager", arives at the scrapyard in Japan..