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S.B. Hunt - (1919-1944)
"S.B. Hunt". Hull number 13, build by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, seen here underway.
Launch date 1919-06-14; Owner was Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
Sisterships are Elisha Walker, Geo H. Jones, Dean Emery, Joseph Seep and I.C. White.
( Photographer Green, J.E. )
"S.B. Hunt".
The "S.B. Hunt" survived a submarine attack and later became a Navy oiler, USS "Flambeau".
The Miramar Ship Index for "S.B. HUNT"
IDNo:
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2218630
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Year:
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1919
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Name:
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S.B. HUNT
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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14.06.1919
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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08.1919
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Ton:
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6689
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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11205
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Yard No:
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13
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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130.8
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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18.0
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Builder:
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Sun
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Chester, Pa
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1T-10.5
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Subsequent History:
1945 FLAMBEAU - 1946 S.B.HUNT
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Baltimore 4 th quarter 1947.
History :
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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218630
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2218630
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1919
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S.B. HUNT
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6689
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Standard Oil Co of New Jersey
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218630
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2218630
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1919
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S.B. HUNT
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6689
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1927
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Standard Sg Co Inc.
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218630
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2218630
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1919
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S.B. HUNT
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6689
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1935
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Standard Oil Co of New Jersey
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218630
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2218630
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1919
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S.B. HUNT
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6689
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1944
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U.S. Govt.
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IX-192
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2218630
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1919
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FLAMBEAU
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6689
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1945
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U.S. Navy
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218630
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2218630
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1919
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S.B. HUNT
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6689
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1946
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U.S. Govt.
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Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
1919 - S. B. HUNT USA 1T (aft) (10½)
6,689 GRT for Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), New York, 429.3 x 59.2
Tanker build by Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa. (8), #13, 218630
1927 - Standard Shipping Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del.
1935 - Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Wilmington, Del.
1944 - U.S. War Shipping Administration, Wilmington, Del.
(1/1945 - 4/1946 FLAMBEAU, U.S. Navy - station tanker (IX-192) )
1946 - U.S. Maritime Commission, Wilmington, Del.
Broken up at Baltimore 4th quarter 1947 by Patapsco Scrap Co.
Additional information from Uboat.net :
Name: S.B. Hunt
Type: Steam tanker
Tonnage: 6.840 tons
Completed: 1919 - Sun Shipbuilding Co, Chester PA
Owner: Standard Oil Co of New Jersey, New York
Homeport: Wilmington
Date of attack: 7 Jul, 1943
Nationality: American
Fate: Damaged by U-185 (August Maus)
Position: 03.51S, 36.22W - Grid FB 9396
- See location on a map -
Complement: 48 (0 dead and 48 survivors).
Convoy: BT-18
Route: Recife, Brazil (5 Jul) - Trinidad - Caripito, Venezuela
Cargo: 24.000 barrels of water ballast
History: On 8 Jan, 1945, the S.B. Hunt was acquired by the US Navy from the US War Shipping Administration (WSA) in Pearl Harbor
as fuel storage ship USS Flambeau (IX 192) and served in Saipan until July 1945 and then in Iwo Jima. On 30 December, she left Pearl
Harbor for Norfolk, where she was decommissioned and returned to the WSA on 6 Apr, 1946.
Notes on loss:
At 08.29 hours on 7 Jul, 1943, U-185 attacked the convoy BT-18 about 125 miles east of Fortaleza, Brazil for the
second time and reported hits on a tanker and an ammunition ship that were sinking slowly. The ships hit were
S.B. Hunt and Thomas Sinnickson.
The S.B. Hunt (Master Henry S. Westmoreland) in station # 51 was hit by one torpedo on the port side at the bulkhead betwen
the pump room and # 4 tank. The explosion opened a hole 45 feet by 35 feet in the side but the tanker was able to continue with
the convoy. None of the eight officers, 29 crewmen and eleven armed guards (the ship was armed with one 5in and two
.50cal guns) reported injuries.
The S.B. Hunt arrived at Trinidad for temporary repairs and after permanent repairs carried out in Galveston she returned to service
on 4 November.