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Tartary
T1-M-BT2
Rincon Class Gasoline Tanker
Built November 1945 by Todd Houston S.B. Corp. Houston as "Tartary" # 2645, for U.M.S.C.
1945 „TARTARY", U.S. Maritime Commission, Houston.
1945 „SEGNO", U.S. War Shipping Administration, Houston.
10.1947 sold to N.V. Standard-Vacuum Tankvaart Maatschappij, 's Gravenhage.
1948 renamed: „STANVAC BENAKAT", callsign PHSH.
1959 „STANVAC BENAKAT", Petroleum Shipping Services Co. Inc.. Panama.
1963 „PROCYON", Petroleum Shipping Services Co. Inc., Panama.
1976 „ESSO PROCYON", Petroleum Shipping Services Co. Inc.. Panama.
1978 „SEA SAPPHIRE", Petroleum Shipping Pte Ltd., Singapore.
5.1980 te Kaohsiung gesloopt.
( See photos below )
The Miramar Ship Index for "TARTARY"
IDNo:
5615819
Year:
1945
Name:
TARTARY
Launch Date:
19.07.1945
Type:
Tanker
Date of completion:
11.1945
Flag:
USA
Keel:

Ton:
3235
Link:
-
DWT:
4205
Yard No:
218
Length overall:
99.1
Ship Design:
T1-M-BT2
LPP:
94.2
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
14.6
Builder:
Todd-Houston
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Houston
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1D-10

Subsequent History:
1945 SEGNO - 1947 STANVAC BENAKAT - 1963 PROCYON -
1976 ESSO PROCYON - 1978 SEA SAPPHIRE

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 28.04.1980

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Main Owner
5615819
1945
TARTARY
3235
U.S. Govt.
5615819
1945
SEGNO
3235
1945
U.S. Govt.
5615819
1945
STANVAC BENAKAT
3235
1947
Standard Vacuum Tank.
5615819
1945
PROCYON
3235
1963
Petroleum Sg Service
5615819
1945
ESSO PROCYON
3235
1976
Petroleum Tankship
381541
5615819
1945
SEA SAPPHIRE
3235
1978
Singapore Sg Agency

The Miramar Ship Index for
TARTARY
IDNo / IMO
5615819  - MC Nr. 2645
Year
1945
Name
TARTARY
Flag
USA
Owner
United States War Shipping Administration, Washington (D.C.), U.S.A.
Type
Tanker
Tons
3235
DWT
4205
LOA
99.1
LPP
94.2
Beam
14.6
Dept
6.63
Draft
5.89
Machinery
1D-10
Power
1400
ShipDesign
T1-M-BT2 - Rincon Class Gasoline Tanker
Builder
Todd-Houston Shipbuilding Corporation Inc.,
Yard
Houston (Tex.)
Yard No
218
Country built
USA
Keel
11.04.1945
Launch
19.07.1945
Completed
09.11.1945
Subsequent History
1945 SEGNO - United States Maritime Commission, Washington (D.C.), U.S.A.
1947 STANVAC BENAKAT - N.V. Standard-Vacuum Tankvaart Maatschappij, The Hague, Netherlands
1959 STANVAC BENAKAT - Standard-Vacuum Petroleum Transport N.V., The Hague, Netherlands
1959 STANVAC BENAKAT - Petroleum Shipping Services Company Inc., Panama, Panama R.P.
1960 STANVAC BENAKAT - Petroleum Shipping Services Company Inc., Panama, Panama R.P.
1963 PROCYON - Petroleum Tankship Company Inc., Panama, Panama R.P.
1976 ESSO PROCYON - Petroleum Shipping Services Company Inc., Panama, Panama R.P.
1978 SEA SAPPHIRE - Petrochem Shipping Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
End
1980
Disposal Data
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 28.04.1980. (By Shyeh Sheng Huat Steel & Iron Works Co. Ltd.)

 "Stanvac Benakat", ex. "Segno", ex. "Tartary", on the Musi River.
Stanvac Benakat", ex. "Segno", ex. "Tartary", on the Musi River.
 "Procyon", ex. "Stanvac Benakat", ex. "Segno", ex. "Tartary".
( Airfoto Malacca )
 "Esso Procyon", ex."Procyon", ex. "Stanvac Benakat", ex. "Segno", ex. "Tartary".
( Airfoto Malacca )
 "Sea Sapphire", ex. "Esso Procyon", ex. "Procyon", ex. "Stanvac Benakat", ex. "Segno", ex. "Tartary".