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Walter Jennings - (1921-1944)
See also : FIRST TO FERRYVILLE
The SS "Walter Jennings" which played an important part in the african campaign.
"Walter Jennings" under way between the World Wars, location unknown.
"Walter Jennings" underway in Los Angeles Harbor, ca. 1935. (Photo Tim Hodge)
"Walter Jennings" underway in Los Angeles Harbor, ca. 1935. (Photo Tim Hodge)
"Walter Jennings", during the war.
SS "Walter Jennings", overcoming obstacles of war, is recognized as the first ocean going American tanker
to discharge cargo at Bizerte.
The dock area had been destroyed and pictures illustrate type of emergency ship-to-shore pipeline put into use.
"Walter Jennings" seen here as USS "Vandalia".
A sea smacks over tanker´s bow as she prepares to fuel an aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
"Walter Jennings", at Amsterdam in 1930.
Name:
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Walter Jennings
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Class:
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-
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IMO No.:
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Ex:
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Victolite
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Cubic:
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18.748
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Built:
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1921
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Type:
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Tanker
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Draft:
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8.79
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Status:
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On December 23,1944 , she became the USS "Vanalia".
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SubType:
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Product
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LOA:
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157.43/152.40
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Flag:
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USA
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DWT:
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16.075
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Beam:
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20.73
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Builder:
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Federal Shipbuilding Comp., Kearny, N.J.
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GT:
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-
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Depth:
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11.84
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Owner:
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Standard Oil Comp.
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NT:
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-
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Speed/Cons:
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10.2/-
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Engine type:
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Triple Expansion Steam engines 3500 BHP, twin screw
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Sisterships are E. M. Calrk, E. J. Sadler, E. T. Bedford and J. A. Moffet.
Additional Info :
IX-191 Vandalia ex. Walter Jennings.
Built 1921 as SS Walter Jennings, a steel-hulled twin screw tanker, at Federal Shipbuilding, Newark,
NJ for Standard Oil of New Jersey; Aquired by the Navy, 1944; Commissioned USS Vandalia (IX-191),
23 December 1944; Lost due to weather, ran aground during a typhoon at Buckner Bay, Okinawa,
9 October 1945; Decommissioned, 20 November 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1945;
Final dispositon, sold for scrapping, 31 December 1945, to China Merchants and Enginneers Inc..
Specifications:
Displacement 22,491 t.; Length 516' 6"; Beam 68' 1"; Draft 28' 8"; Speed 10kts;
Complement 105; Armament one 4" gun mount, one 3"/50 gun mount.