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  2. SS Ohio (1940) - Wikipedia

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    SS Ohio was an oil tanker built for The Texas Company (later Texaco). The ship was launched on 20 April 1940 at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Chester, Pennsylvania . The United Kingdom requisitioned it to re-supply the island fortress of Malta during the Second World War .

  3. Operation Pedestal - Wikipedia

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    The stricken SS Ohio enters Grand Harbour, Malta, on 15 August 1942 (enlargeable) On the afternoon of 14 August, Brisbane Star arrived at Valletta Harbour with Spitfires circling overhead. [ 84 ] Ohio was surrounded by ships to nurse the tanker to Grand Harbour and several American volunteers from Santa Eliza manned anti-aircraft guns on Ohio ...

  4. List of ships named SS Ohio - Wikipedia

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    SS Ohio was a tanker launched in 1940 by Sun Shipbuilding for the Texas Oil Company; figured prominently in Operation Pedestal, the Allied resupply of Malta in World War II. SS Ohio may also refer to the following ships: SS Ohio (1869), a Norddeutscher Lloyd passenger liner launched in 1869 by Caird & Company [1]

  5. Dudley Mason - Wikipedia

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    Dudley William Mason GC (7 October 1901 – 26 April 1987) was the British master of the tanker SS Ohio during the Second World War. He commanded the tanker during Operation Pedestal, a convoy to relieve Malta. He was awarded the George Cross for this operation. [1]

  6. Malta convoys - Wikipedia

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    As supplies on Malta dwindled, particularly of aviation fuel, the largest convoy to date was assembled at Gibraltar for Operation Pedestal. It consisted of 14 merchant ships, including the large oil tanker SS Ohio, carrying a total of 121,000 long tons (123,000 t) of cargo.

  7. File:Operation Pedestal, August 1942 A11261.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Associated people and organisations Merchant Navy, OHIO (SS) Associated places Valletta, Malta; Associated events Malta 1940-1942, Second World War, Operation Pedestal 1942, Malta, Second World War

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  9. Francis A. Dales - Wikipedia

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    Francis Alonzo Dales (December 3, 1923 – March 29, 2003) was a cadet midshipman in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy who served on the freighter SS Santa Elisa, and subsequently the tanker SS Ohio, during Operation Pedestal, a convoy to the besieged island of Malta in the Second World War.