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1944-07-29. Aerial starboard side view of the American tanker "Mobil Fuel".
"Mobilfuel", 10,222 dwt - US flag, owned by Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.,
and build in 1939 by Bethlehem Steel Co., S.B., Sparrows Point.
Scrapped in 1969.
 
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 )

Additional information Starke & Schell registers :

MOBILFUEL - 1939   USA    1ST (aft)(15)
10,221 GRT for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York     488.3 x 68.3
Tanker built by Bethlehem Steel Co., SB. Div., Sparrow's Point, Md.   (5)   #4332     238413
1955 - WABASHA,  Brilliant Transportation Co., S.A., Panama,  PA
1957 - WENATCHI, Mobil Tankers Co., S.A., Panama  - s/o
1958 - lengthened - mid section replaced    11,977 grt,  525.5'
1963 - Iberian Tankers Co., Panama
Broken up at Kaohsiung 1969 by Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp.,
arrived 13.05.1969, work began in 07.1969.

The Miramar Ship Index for "MOBILFUEL"
IDNo:
5387556
Year:
1939
Name:
MOBILFUEL
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
25.02.1939
Flag:
USA
Date of completion:
05.1939

Tons:
10221
Link:
-
DWT:
15850
Yard No:
4332
Length overall:
152.9
Ship Design:
LPP:
148.8
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
20.8
Builder:
Bethlehem
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Sparrow's Point
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1ST-15

Subsequent History:
1955 WABASHA - 1957 WENATCHI -
[ 1958 Lg, widened & deepened, 164.5 / 160.1 x 22.6 mtr., 11977 grt / 19254 dwt ] -

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 13.05.1969 [ By Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp.]

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
238413
5387556
1939
MOBILFUEL
10221
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co Inc.
5387556
1939
WABASHA
10221
1955
Brilliant Tptn Co SA.
5387556
5387556
1939
WENATCHI
11977
1957
Mobil Tankers Co SA.
5387556
5387556
1939
WENATCHI
11977
1963
Iberian Tankers Co.