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A. C. Rubel
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A. C. RUBEL, US, 1ST (aft), (13)
8,221 GRT, tanker for Union Oil Company of California, Los Angeles, 445.4 x 64.2
Tanker built by Bethlehem Sparrow's Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrow's Point, Md., (12), #4360, 241236
1954 - Cienega Tanker Corp., Wilmington, Del. [Union Oil Co. of Calif.]
1956 - Western Ocean Transport Co., Wilmington, Del.
1959 - POINT REYES s/o
Broken up in Taiwan 1965 by Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp.,
work began in 7.1965, at Kaohsiung. [ By Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. ]
( See photos below )
The Miramar Ship Index for "A.C. RUBEL"
IDNo:
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2241236
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Year:
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1941
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Name:
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A.C. RUBEL
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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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10.11.1941
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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12.1941
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Tons:
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8221
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Link:
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1647
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DWT:
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12900
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Yard No:
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4360
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Length overall:
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141.1
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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134.7
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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19.6
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Builder:
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Bethlehem-Sparrows Point SY
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrows Point
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-13
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|
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Subsequent History:
1959 POINT REYES
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 5.1965. [ By Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. ]
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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241236
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2241236
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1941
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A.C. RUBEL
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8221
|
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Union Oil of California
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241236
|
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2241236
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1941
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A.C. RUBEL
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8221
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1954
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Cienega Tanker Corp.
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241236
|
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2241236
|
1941
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A.C. RUBEL
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8221
|
1956
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Western Ocean Tpt Co.
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241236
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528040
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2241236
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1941
|
POINT REYES
|
8221
|
1959
|
Western Ocean Tpt Co.
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"A.C. Rubel".
( Photo Copyright Canadian Forces )
The union oil company tanker A.C. RUBEL passing Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, about 1943.
The A.C. RUBEL was one of America's last peacetime completions, and was built for Lake Maracaibo Service.
Renamed POINT REYES in 1956 and broken up 1965.
( Photo Copyright NHHC )
"A.C. Rubel", docked in Los Angeles Harbor, September 1956.( Photo Copyright Robert Muirhead )
"A.C. Rubel".
( Photo Copyright Reserved )