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A. C. Rubel
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A. C. RUBEL,  US,  1ST (aft), (13)
8,221 GRT, tanker for Union Oil Company of California, Los Angeles,  445.4 x 64.2
Tanker built by Bethlehem Sparrow's Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrow's Point, Md., (12),  #4360,  241236
1954 - Cienega Tanker Corp., Wilmington, Del.  [Union Oil Co. of Calif.]
1956 - Western Ocean Transport Co., Wilmington, Del.
1959 - POINT REYES   s/o
Broken up in Taiwan 1965 by Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp.,
work began in 7.1965, at Kaohsiung. [ By Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. ]
( See photos below )
The Miramar Ship Index for "A.C. RUBEL"
IDNo:
2241236
Year:
1941
Name:
A.C. RUBEL
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
10.11.1941
Flag:
USA
Date of completion:
12.1941

Tons:
8221
Link:
1647
DWT:
12900
Yard No:
4360
Length overall:
141.1
Ship Design:
LPP:
134.7
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
19.6
Builder:
Bethlehem-Sparrows Point SY
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Sparrows Point
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1ST-13

Subsequent History:
1959 POINT REYES

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 5.1965. [ By Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. ]

History:
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
241236
2241236
1941
A.C. RUBEL
8221
Union Oil of California
241236
2241236
1941
A.C. RUBEL
8221
1954
Cienega Tanker Corp.
241236
2241236
1941
A.C. RUBEL
8221
1956
Western Ocean Tpt Co.
241236
528040
2241236
1941
POINT REYES
8221
1959
Western Ocean Tpt Co.

"A.C. Rubel".
( Photo Copyright Canadian Forces )
 
The union oil company tanker A.C. RUBEL passing Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, about 1943.
The A.C. RUBEL was one of America's last peacetime completions, and was built for Lake Maracaibo Service.
Renamed POINT REYES in 1956 and broken up 1965.
( Photo Copyright NHHC )
 "A.C. Rubel", docked in Los Angeles Harbor, September 1956.
( Photo Copyright Robert Muirhead )
"A.C. Rubel".
( Photo Copyright Reserved )