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Sioux - (1912-1914)
"Sioux" build in 1912 by Howaltswerke AG, Kiel, (Nr. 561) for the Deusch-Amerikanische Petroleum GmbH, Hamburg.
In 1928 managed by Waried Tankschiff-Rhederei GmbH, Hamburg.
6.9.1914 laid up at Key West.
In 1914 sold to the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, New York and renamed "Princeton".
In 1927 to the Standard Shipping Co., Wilmington.
In 1935 again to the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Wilmington.
Scrapped in 1938 in Boston by Boston Iron & Metal Co.
Drawing by Karl-Heinz Schwadtke.
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
SIOUX - 1912 GE 1Q (aft) (9)
5,081 GRT for Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg 385.1 x 52.5
Tanker build by Howaldtswerke, Kiel (12) #561
arr. Key West, 6 Aug 1914, voy. Tampico - New York, subsequently transferred to U.S. flag
1914 - PRINCETON Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), New York , USA 212833
1927 - Standard Shipping Co., Wilmington, Del.
1935 - Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Wilmington, Del.
Broken up at Baltimore 1938 by Boston Iron & Metals Co., arr. 14.5.1938.