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Magnolia (I)
The Socony Vacuum Oil Company's new tanker, "Magnolia", entering the water of
Delaware River at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden.
Sister vessel is the Socony-Vacuum (I)
From : PACIFIC MARINE REVIEW Volume 32, MAY. 1935
LAUNCH OF THE TANKER MAGNOLIA
The largest shipbuilding program at present under way in American shipyards will be completed about June 10 when the tanker, Magnolia, is delivered to the Socony Vacuum Oil Company by the New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, N.J. This vessel slid into the waters of the Delaware River on April 2 at 1:00 p.m. after being christened with a bottle of New York State champagne by Mrs. J. A. Brown, wife of the chairman of the executive committee of Socony Vacuum.
The group on the launching platform included E. R. Brown, chairman of the board of the Magnolia Petroleum Corporation of Dallas, Texas, a Socony-Vacuum subsidiary and Mrs. Brown; R. H. Kinslow, Magnolia vice-president and Mrs. Kinslow; J. Lewis Luckenbach, president of the American Bureau of Shipping and Mrs. Luckenbach; M. J. French, Chief Surveyor of British Lloyd's Register of Shipping; Mrs. Harry Sinclair; J. A. Brown, chairman of the executive committee of Socony-Vacuum, and the following company executives: G. V. Holton and Mrs. Holton and Miss Holton; A. F. Corwin and Mrs. Corwin; F. S. Fales and H. F. Sheets; Mr. J. J. Maguire and Mrs. Maguii'e; A. T. Roberts and Mrs. Roberts; W. H. Correa and R. S. Durkee.
The Magnolia is a sister ship to Socony-Vacuum, launched at the same yard three months ago, and recently delivered to her owners after successful trials.
Both ships have the following characteristics :
They were designed by N. J. Pluymert, naval architect of the Socony Vacuum Oil Company for the past twenty-five years.
Propulsion machinery consists of one De Laval cross compound double reduction geared steam turbine, taking steam from two Foster-Wheeler marine water tube boilers at 400 pounds gage pressure and superheated to 700 degrees F.
A third boiler of same type, but without superheat supplies steam for cargo heating and pumping. Todd oil-burning equipment is fitted.
In addition to the two ocean-going tankers, the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company also launched, during the past nine months, three small tankers, self-propelled by Diesel engines, as part of its $5,000,000 shipbuilding program. These small tankers are now in service on the rivers. New York State Barge Canal and the Great Lakes.
These three boats are each 260 feet long, 14 feet in depth, with 40 foot beam.
One of these small tankers, which is now in successful operation, is the Poughkeepsie-Socony, the largest allwelded merchant vessel ever built in the United States. This electrically-welded ship is said to be "revolutionary" in construction, and in its building nearly a quarter of a million rivets were eliminated.
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"Magnolia" was built in 1935 by New York SB. Co., Camden, N.J., yard No. 415.
Keel laid Mar 19, 1934, launch Apr 2, 1935.
Oil tanker (Standard Oil), 500 ft, 126750 barrels.
Served in Pacific theater during WW II, supporting invasion of New Britain Island and transiting
the Panama Canal in 1943.
Scrapped in 1954.
"Magnolia".
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
1935 - MAGNOLIA USA 1ST (aft) (12½)
9,511 GRT for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York, 484.0 x 66.0
Tanker built by New York SB. Co., Camden, N.J., (9), #415, 233865
Broken up at Dalmuir 1954 by W. H. Arnott Young & Co., arrived 11.10.1954.
The Miramar Ship Index for "MAGNOLIA"
IDNo:
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2233865
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Year:
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1935
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Name:
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MAGNOLIA
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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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02.04.1935
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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09.1935
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Tons:
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9511
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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415
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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147.5
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.1
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Builder:
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New York SB
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Camden, NJ
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-12.5
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Subsequent History:
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Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Dalmuir 11.10.1954 [By W. H. Arnott Young & Co.]
History:
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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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233865
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2233865
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1935
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MAGNOLIA
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9511
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Co Inc.
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