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SS Pendleton was a Type T2-SE-A1 tanker built in 1942 in Portland, Oregon, United States, for the War Shipping Administration. She was sold in 1948 to National Bulk Carriers, serving until February 1952 when she broke in two in a storm. The T2 tanker ships were prone to splitting in two in cold weather.
The new T2 tanker Schenectady broke in two at its dock due to brittle metal and bad welding The fractured USS Ponaganset (AO-86), at the General Ship and Iron Works, Boston, MA., 9 December 1947 The T2 tanker "Pendleton" bow in 1952 Crew from USCGC Yakutat pull in a life-raft carrying survivors from the bow section of SS Fort Mercer, the photo ...
This is a list of names for the approximately 500 Type T2 tankers built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II.Not included are the tankers of the Samoset/Chiwawa (T3-S-A1) type, which despite the "T3" designation were in fact nearly identical hulls to the original T2s, and smaller than the T2-A and T2-SE series.
In the same storm that broke Fort Mercer in two, SS Pendleton, also a T2 tanker, broke up about 20 miles (32 km) away. Daring rescues by the Coast Guard Lifeboat CG 36500 carried out of Pendleton ' s stern 32 survivors of 33. After grounding, Pendleton ' s bow was boarded a week later. Of the eight victims stranded on this section, only one ...
The Design 381 coastal freighter was sunk when her cargo exploded at Pakan Baroe sometime in 1952. [102] [103] Lepar Malaysia: The Design 381 coastal freighter burned at Djambi, Malaysia sometime in 1952. [102] [103] Levant II: Malta: The decommissioned cable ship was on her way to be scuttled when she began to take on water and sank off Grand ...
Pacific Tankers, Inc. of San Francisco, California, was founded in 1943 as a division of Joshua Hendy Corporation to operate fleet oilers for the United States Navy to support World War II efforts. Pacific Tankers, Inc. operated Mission Buenaventura-class oiler, a T2 tanker (T2-SE-A2). Each Pacific Tankers, Inc. tanker had a merchant crew of ...
A corroded bomb believed to be over half a century old washed up on a California beach during a storm and was found on New Year's Eve, Santa Cruz authorities said.
The first-in-class Sentinel-class cutter, USCGC Bernard C. Webber was named in his honor. [8] She was commissioned on 14 April 2012 at her home port of Miami, Florida. A history of the rescue of the men of Pendleton and Mercer, including Bernard Webber's heroic role in the rescue of the men from the stern of Pendleton, was presented in the 2009 book The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S ...