See also : Anglo-American steam tankers 1889-1914 - Part 1 Iroquois, Completed 10.1907, 9,202 Gross tons Built by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. Measurements: 467 feet length X 60 feet breadth. 11,800 tdw. Engines: Quad. 12.1946: Scrapped by Arnott, Young & Co., Dalmuir. The first large tanker with twin screws. Navahoe, Completed 1908, 7,718 Gross tons Built by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. Measurements: 450 feet length X 58 feet breadth. A six-masted barge. 9.1930: (Creole Petroleum Co.). 28.6.1936: Scuttled, 50 miles north of Dragons Mouth, Trinidad. The tanker Iroquois, with propelling machinery aft, had a housing on the poop in which there was a towing winch with a drum capacity of 500 fathoms of seven-inch wire. A steam valve controlled the winch, easing a taut wire and then picking up the slack again. With engines of 5,000 ihp she could travel at 11-12 knots. The Navahoe was rigged as a six-masted "bald-headed" schooner. She had quite powerful engines powered by a large single-ended boiler, the uptake from the furnaces being through the foremast. The engines were not for propelling, but for pumping and heating. As with the Iroquois, steam was also supplied to a towing winch and there was also a steam winch at each mast for hoisting sails. The six masts - fore, main, mizzen, jigger, spanker and driver - each carried a fore and aft sail. The boom length was sixty-five feet, the gaffs sixty feet. The first voyage of the pair began on 1st March, 1908, from Belfast to the United States and, with but one exception - that of a voyage to Colon and Sabine - the partnership continued in the North Atlantic until 30th May, 1917 - nine and three-quarter years. Up to that time 148 crossings were made, averaging sixteen each year at a speed of just under 9 knots. But the long period of nine and three-quarter years had to be broken, for the First World War was then at its peak, with stringent convoy organisation, hardly suitable for a big-ship tow such as the Iroquois and Navahoe. So the ships were withdrawn and placed on a Texas - Halifax, Nova Scotia, run, averaging just over 10 knots in the sixteen voyages made between June 1917 and November 1918. By the end of the war some 290,,000 tons of oil had been moved for the Admiralty in just under eighteen months. With the end of the war came release from Admiralty service and the two vessels left Baton Rouge on 24th December, 1918, bound for London. With other tankers they continued working in the Baton Rouge - London River service, although at the end of 1925 there were the beginnings of the great world depression, with all types of shipping laid up in countless rivers and backwaters and including many tankers. However, the Iroquois and Navahoe were able to continue their work, mainly between Baton Rouge and Thames Haven, until their last arrival on 17th September, 1930. Then, after nearly twenty-three years, the Navahoe went off to act as a floating oil store at the mouth of the San Juan River in Eastern Venezuela. The oil terminal was at Caripito, some sixty miles up river where the ever-larger tankers were too deep to load down to their marks. So they topped off from her 90,000 barrels storage before sailing on to deep seas. But this was only a temporary measure. Loading conditions improved and after completing the cargoes of hundreds of tankers, she was towed out by one of the tankers in the summer of 1936 and scuttled in 400 fathoms. Tamarac, Completed 1908, 5,169 Gross tons Built by Napier & Miller Ltd., Glasgow. Measurements: 395 feet length X 52 feet breadth. Engines: T3cyl. 1912: Sequoya (Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd.). 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 23.3.1918: Damaged by submarine torpedo in English Channel. Reached port. 1925: Jole Fassio (Villain & Fassio, Italy). 31.3.1941: Set on fire by crew at Puerto Cabello. Taken over by Venezuela. 1942: Transferred to U.S. authorities, renamed Alcibiades (Panama flag). 8.1944: Taken over by U.S. Navy as fuel storage tanker for Pacific war zone. Renamed Andrew Dona (1X132). 2.1946: Alcibiades (U.S. Maritime Commission). 1947: Sold for scrapping and 1948: Returned to Italian authorities. 12.1949: Scrapped Philadelphia. Samnac, Completed 9.1908, 5,316 Gross tons Built by Wm Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hank-pool. Measurements: 386 feet length X 52 feet breadth. Engines: T3cyl. 1912: Satanta (Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd.). 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 1931:Sold to Japanese buyers and 1932: Scrapped Japan. Cheyenne, Completed 1908, 4,987 Gross tons Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend. Measurements: 389 feet length x 51 feet breadth. 29.6.1917: Attacked by submarine torpedo in English Channel which missed. 11.11.1924: Stranded at St. Monans, Fifeshire (voyage: Grangemouth/USA - ballast). Refloated, broken up at Bolness. Had two funnels on centreline, each serving two boilers. From the outbreak of war in 1914 until the armistice in 1918 the Cheyenne made thirty-five Atlantic crossings and never sighted an enemy submarine. Only once was a torpedo fired at the ship. That was when she was heading down channel, west of Portland Bill, with three 7-knot drifters as an escort. The drifters were bunched astern of the Cheyenne, which could have made better speed without them, and the torpedo came from astern; Its track was seen and the ship altered course, the torpedo missing by twenty feet. The U-boat was not sighted. Cadillac, Completed 1.1909, 5,251 Gross tons Built by Napier & Miller Ltd., Glasgow. Measurements: 385 feet length X 51 feet breadth. Engines: T3cyl. 1912: Samoset (Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd.). 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 20.3.1918: Sunk by submarine (U.33) torpedo, 50 miles N by E of Port Said while serving as an Admiralty oiler (voyage: Port Said/Brindisi - fuel oil). Impoco, Completed 5.1910, 1,683 Gross tons Built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Greenock. Measurements: 242 feet length X 40 feet breadth. Engines: T3cyl. 1912: Waneta (Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd.). 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 30.5.1918: Sunk by submarine (U.101) torpedo, 42 miles SSE of Kinsale Head while serving as an Admiralty oiler (voyage: Halifax/Queenstown - oil fuel). Lackawanna, Completed 1894, 4,125 Gross tons Built by J. C. Tecklenborg A.G., Wesermunde as August Korff for Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum- Gesellschaft. Measurements: 353 feet length X 45 feet breadth. Engines: T3cyl. 1910: Lackawanna (Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.). 4.1931: Broken up. Comanchee, Completed 1912, 5,601 Gross tons Built by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle. Measurements: 395 feet length x 52 feet breadth. 8,080 tdw. Engines: Quad. 28.7.1917: Torpedoed off North West Ireland. Repaired. 1933: Francunion V(Cie Venture-Weir S.A. Algiers) (Andrew Weir & Co.). A depot ship at Algiers. 1949: Sold to shipbreakers at Spezia. Tacoma, Completed 3.1909, 6,838 Gross tons Built by Flensburger Schiffsbau Ges. as Buffalo for Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellschaft. Measurements: 440 feet length X 58 feet breadth. Engines: Quad. 1913: Tacoma (Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.) (Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd.). 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 1933: Scrapped. Tuscarora, Completed 7.1908, 6,828 Gross tons Built by Flensburger Schiffsbau Ges. as Niagara for Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellschaft. Measurements: 440 feet length X 58 feet breadth. Engines: Quad. 1913: Tuscarora (Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.). 1913: Tecumseh (Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd.). 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 23.11.1932: Wrecked near Inhaca Point, Inyack Island, Lourenco Marques (voyage: Tandjong Oeban/Lourenco Marques - petroleum). Wapello, Completed 4.1912, 5,576 Gross tons Built by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle, as Clio for Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellschaft. Measurements: 395 feet 6 inches length X 51 feet 6 inches breadth. Engines: Quad. 1913: Wapello (Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd.). 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 21.4.1917: Attacked by submarine gunfire off south-west Ireland. Returned fire. 15.6.1917: Sunk by submarine (U.71) gunfire, 14 miles WSW of Owers Lightvessel, 50.30N 0.57W (voyage: Philadelphia / Thames Haven - benzine), whilst serving as an Admiralty oiler. Uncas, Completed  6.1913,  4,722 Gross tons Built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Greenock, for Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd., but delivered direct to Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd. Measurements: 375 feet length X 51 feet breadth. Engines: T3cyl. 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 1924: Nord Atlantic (Atlantic Tank Rhederei GmbH, Hamburg). 1934: lossifoglu (S. lossifoglu, Greece). 1937: Ilford (Cia Primera de Nav., Panama). 1937: Yolanda (Cia Primera de Nav., Panama). 1939: Santa Helena (Cia Primera de Nav., Panama). 1941: Campechano (Cia Arrendataria del Monopolio de Petroleos S.A. Spain). 8.1962: Scrapped Valencia, Spain. Winamac, Completed  8.1913, 5,767 Gross tons Built by Craig,Taylor& Co. Ltd., Stockton, for Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd., but delivered direct to Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd. Measurements: 412 feet length X 53 feet breadth. Engines: Quad. 1916: (Standard Transportation Co, Ltd., Hong Kong). 1934: Broken up. Shahonee, Completed  10.1913, 5,167 Gross tons Built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, for Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. Delivered direct to Tank Storage & Car-riage Co. Ltd. Measurements: 380 feet length X 50 feet 8 inches breadth. Engines: T3cyl. 1916:(Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 1932: Sold to Chinese buyers for scrapping. Tascalusa, Completed 12.1913, 6,499 Gross tons Built by Sir R. Dixon & Co, Ltd., Middlesbrough, for Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. Delivered direct to Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd. Measurements: 420 feet 6 inches length X 54 feet 4 inches breadth. Engines: Quad. 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). On 10th July, 1940, being fitted with guns in preparation for Admiralty service and berthed alongside the Northern Arm at Falmouth, the ship was struck aft by bombs during an enemy air attack. Both ship and wharf caught fire and the Tascalusa sank by the stern, partly submerged, resting on the bottom in twenty-five feet of water, with the forward tanks keeping her bows buoyant and afloat. Left to burn itself out, the fire was finally extinguished three days later. Remaining oil cargo on board was discharged and divers commenced patching and plugging the damaged shell plating and bulkheads. Refloated on 29th August, the Tascalusa was beached on the Mylor mud flats. Declared a constructive total loss, she was sold for scrapping in November, 1940, to T. W. Ward & Company. Tamaha, Completed 6.1914, 6,496 Gross tons Built by Sir R. Dixon & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, for Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. Delivered direct to Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd. Measurements: 420 feet 6 inches length X 54 feet 4 inches breadth. Engines: Quad. 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 1940: (Socony-Vacuum Transportation Co., Montreal (British flag)). 1949: (Soc. Mazout Transports, Paris (Cie de Nav. Mixte, Marseilles)). 1953: Scrapped Spain. Tahchee, Completed 9.1914, 6,508 Gross tons Built by Sir R. Dixon & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, for Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. Delivered direct to Tank Storage & Carriage Co. Ltd., Measurements: 420 feet 6 inches length X 54 feet 4 inches breadth. Engines: Quad. 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 1940: (Sbcony Vacuum Transportation Co., Montreal (British flag)). 10.9.1941: Damaged by torpedo from U.652 in position 61.15N 41.05W while in convoy SC 42 (Sydney NS/United Kingdom - oil). 11.1950: Scrapped Milford Haven. After the torpedo hit, the crew of the Tahchee saw in the moonlight what appeared to be the attacking submarine on the surface, some four miles away, and opened fire with their four-inch gun. Six rounds were fired and the object smashed to pieces, but when the Canadian corvette Onllia dashed to the scene she found only small pieces of ice; the submarine had been a small "growler". By then the Tahchee was on fire and the crew took to the boats. Later, she was re-boarded, the captain and two officers extinguishing the fire. The captain then called the Orillia for a volunteer crew. Thirty men volunteered, three engine room ratings from the corvette and the remainder being the Tahchee's crew. Steam was raised on one boiler, and using hand steering gear, she was taken in tow by the Onllia, which used her own wire and the tanker's cable. Seven knots was achieved. It was then decided to transfer oil from the tanker to the corvette, for towing a laden ship makes heavy demands on fuel. The Orillia slipped her tow rope but the tanker's windlass broke, the cable ran right out and all towing gear was lost. Attempts were made to bunker the Onllia alongside through an ordinary canvas fire hose, but as the steam heating had broken down, the heavy oil could not be made to flow. Next day, after a night of repair work on the heating, some oil was thinned and transferred, despite the continual breaking of the hoses. Then the other boiler was brought into use and the Tahchee, under her own steam, reached Reykjavik, 592 miles and five and a half days from the point of attack. Note: Tahchee was a chief of the Cherokee tribe of Red Indians. Tatarrax, Completed 1.1914, 6,216 Gross tons Built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock, for Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. Delivered direct to Tank Storage & Carriage Co.Ltd. Measurements: 420 feet length X 55 feet breadth. Engines: Quad. 1916: (Standard Transportation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 11.8.1918: Sunk by submarine (U C.34) torpedo and internal explosion, 32N 30.45E, while serving as an Admiralty oiler (voyage: Port Said/Alexandria - benzole).