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Sara Thompson, 2690/5840 tons, was also British-built, in 1888 as the SS Gut Heil, and was purchased in 1917. Robert L. Barnes, a 1630/3850-ton Great Lakes tanker, was built in 1914 and purchased in 1918. With the advent of the Navy's new hull-numbering system in 1920 they were designated AO-8 and AO-14.
Guadalupe was launched as SS Esso Raleigh 26 January 1940 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company at Newport News, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. W. L. Inslee, wife of the late manager of the Traffic Division, Marine Department, Standard Oil of New Jersey; taken over by the Maritime Commission as MC Hull #12; acquired by the Navy 1 June 1941; and commissioned 19 June 1941.
Replenishment oiler. A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores during underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea. Many countries have used replenishment oilers. The United States Navy's hull classification symbol for this type of ship was 'AOR ...
July 25, 2024 at 10:37 AM. File photo of an oil tanker at sea. The Philippines is in a race against time to contain an oil spill after a tanker carrying close to 1.5 million litres (400,000 ...
BRP. Lake Caliraya. (AF-81) The BRP Lake Caliraya (AF-81) was a Philippine Navy small replenishment tanker. The ship was formerly a double-hulled oil products tanker of the now defunct Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) Shipping and Transport Corporation, [3] and was donated to the Philippine Navy in 2014 [4] together with two other tankers ...
An oil slick about 3.7 kilometers (2.3 miles) long near the rough seawaters where the tanker sank, about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) off Bataan province’s Limay town, came from the fuel tank that ...
Crude Oil Tanker Belgium: 299982 2016 ANTONIS I.ANGELICOUS [2] 9930777 Crude Oil Tanker Greece: 165054 2023 DALIAN [3] 9595228 Crude Oil Tanker United States: 299981 2013 DELTA AIGAIGON [4] 9516923 Crude Oil Tanker United States: 319725 2014 DELTA AMAZON [5] 9748916 Crude Oil Tanker United States: 319896 2015 DELTA APOLLONIA [6] 9516935 Crude ...
Overseas Shipholding Group. Overseas Shipholding Group is the operator of a fleet of twenty-four oil tankers and oil tug-barges. It is based in Tampa, Florida, United States, and was founded in 1948. [1][2] In 1969, under the leadership of Raphael Recanati, OSG began acquiring tanker ships to transport oil from Alaska to the lower 48 U.S. states.