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T1-M-A1, tankers built by Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding Co., Duluth, MI, maneged by Anglo American Oil Co.
Operated by the Anglo-American Oil Company during 1943-1945 :
Hull #
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O.N.
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Original Name
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Original Owner
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Vessel Type
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USSB or MC #
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Dwt or Disp.
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Delivered
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Disposition
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1
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168462
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Tarentum
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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599
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1,124
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May-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Huai, scuttled in Whangpoo River 1949
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2
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169589
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Titusville
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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600
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1,124
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jun-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Han, scuttled in Whangpoo River 1949
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3
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168495
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Mannington
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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601
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1,124
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May-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Siang, later Chieh She 4 and Da Qing 4, scrapped 1992
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4
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169610
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Salt Creek
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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602
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1,124
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jul-43
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To Britain, to Argentina 1947 as Punta Rasa, later Gauchito 1970, scrapped 1989
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5
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169592
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Glen Pool
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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603
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1,124
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jun-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Fei, scrapped 1959
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6
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169598
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Jennings
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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604
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1,124
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jun-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Loo, scuttled in Whangpoo River 1949
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7
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169630
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Tonkawa
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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605
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1,124
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aug-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Luan, scrapped 1965
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8
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169659
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Cromwell
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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606
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1,124
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sep-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Chang, scrapped 1963
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9
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169628
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Benton Field
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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731
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1,124
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aug-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Lu, scrapped 1959
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10
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169645
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Rio Bravo
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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732
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1,124
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sep-43
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To Britain, torpedoed and lost in Ostend Roads 1944
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11
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169751
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Walnut Bend
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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733
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1,124
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Oct-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Wei, later Chieh She 2 and Da Qing 2, scrapped 1992
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12
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169663
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Loma Novia
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US Maritime Comm.
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T1-M-A1
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734
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1,124
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Oct-43
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To Britain, to China 1946 as Yung Fu, scrapped 1962
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All the twelve vessels were built by Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding Co., Duluth, Minnesota, as their yard Nos 1-12.
Measurements: 210 feet length x 37 feet breadth.
Engines: Oil, 800 hp. 10 knots.
1,124 - 1,148 grt. l,600 tdw.
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Twenty-four small tankers of the T1-M-A1 type, built in the United States during the war under the jurisdiction of the United States Maritime Commission, were loaned to Britain under Lease/ Lend terms. They were operated under the Red Ensign on behalf of the Ministry of War Transport. Twelve of them were operated by the Anglo-American Oil Company during 1943 and thereafter management passed to a number of other British tanker shipping companies as fields of activity altered due to the demands of war.
By 1945 they were all being operated by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company Ltd. (later to become Shell). After the war the eleven surviving vessels were returned to American ownership and in 1946 ten were sold to the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company and then, in 1947, transferred to the China Tanker Company, both of Shanghai.
Following hostilities in China between Communist and Nationalist forces both the ?eets were divided when taken over by the China Peoples Steam Navigation Company in 1949, although some vessels avoided confiscation by the Peking Government and escaped to follow the Nationalist cause, becoming registered in Formosa. In the May of that year the retreating Nationalist forces destroyed all the dockyards and workshops at Shanghai, on the eastern bank of the Whangpoo River.
s the city fell into Communist hands and the last defending troops surrendered, all unwanted vessels on the river were scuttled. Among them were three Tl-type tankers owned by the China Tanker Company (see above). Less than two months later it was reported that salvage teams working for the Communists had, in only twenty days, refloated thirty-one of the ships scuttled in the Whangpoo River.
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