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"Esso Barge No. 311" - (1947- ?? )
See also : S.T. Co. No. 83 - (1915-1917) & Socony 83
"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 )
"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, December 1947.
( Photographer Sol Libsohn )
"Esso Barge No. 311" tied to S.S. "Queen Mary", New York Harbor, New York, September, 1946, after transferring oil.
( Photographer Harold Corsini )
"Esso Barge No. 311" in the North River near Pier 91 where the "Queen Mary" is being docked, December 1947.
( Photographer Sol Libsohn )
"Esso Tug No. 8" (left) and "Esso Tug No. 2" (right) towing "Esso Barge No. 311"" in New York Harbor, October 1947.
( Photographer Sol Libsohn )
Tanker-barge built April 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.
Schooner Barge "S.O. Co. No. 83", U.S. No. 210928.
Of 2,440 tons gross; 2,040 tons net. Built at Cleveland, Ohio in 1913.
Home port, New York, N.Y. 250.0 x 43.0 x 26.0 and a crew of 9.