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Esso Barge No.311 - (1947- ?? )
"Esso Barge No. 311" rides high in the water as she finishes almost 24 hours of fuelling the "Queen Mary" at Pier 91, North River.
( Photo Copyright Sol Libsohn )
Tanker-barge built in 1913 as a schooner by American Ship Building Co. at Cleveland, Ohio for Standard Oil Co.
Originally named "S.O. Co.No.83". Renamed "S.T. Co.No.83" in 1915; "Socony 83" in1917; "Esso Barge No.311", in 1947.
Home port, Wilmington, Del. Official no. : 210928.
Barge "Esso Barge No.311". U.S. No. 210928. Of 2440 tons gross. Built Cleveland, O., 1913. 250.0 X 43.0 X 26.0.
"Esso Barge No. 311" in the North River near Pier 91 where the "Queen Mary" is being docked. New Jersey, 1947.
( Photo Copyright Sol Libsohn )
"Esso Barge Nr 311" refules "Queen Mary". New Jersey, 1947.( Photo Copyright Sol Libsohn )
"Esso Tug No. 4" (right) and "Esso Tug No. 7" (in front) move "Esso Barge No. 311" from Pier 91 where she has just fuelled the "Queen Mary",
to Pier 92, North River, where she will discharge her remaining cargo fuelling the "Borinquen" of the Puerto RicoLine Company,
December 1947.
( Photographer Sol Libsohn )
Captain Emil Leslie at the wheel of "Esso Tug No. 7" as she maneuvers "Esso Barge No. 311" into slip at Pier 91, North River,
December 1947.
( Photographer Sol Libsohn )
"Esso Tug No. 7" goes on to another assignment after moving "Esso Barge No. 311" from Pier 91,
where she refueled the "Queen Mary", to Pier 92, North River, New York, 1947.
( Photo Copyright Sol Libsohn )
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