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Syosset (1) - (1945-1971)
The first "Syosset".( Photo Copyright A. Duncan )
Syosset
LOA 501' 7"; Beam 68'; Depth 37'; 16,543 DWT, 133,813 bbls.
Bethlehem turbines, cross-compound, Falk reduction gears, developing 7000 SHP at 85 RPM 15.0 knots
Launched 3 February 1945, and commissioned 12 March at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrows
Point, Maryland.
A government T3 tanker, "Syosset" came to Socony-Vacuum under the terms of a third exchange agreement
with the Maritime Commission, in exchange for "Lebec" and "American Arrow".
She entered service in the last year of WWII and served in a few transatlantic convoys prior to VE Day. Then
she switched to the Pacific. She arrived home in November 1945, and after 1 1/2 years on the US east coast
was allocated on a bareboat charter to General Petroleum Company for use on the Pacific coast.
"Syosset".
T3-S-A1
Built March 1945 by Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.,
as "Syosset" # 1682, for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York.
1955 - Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc., New York
1966 - Mobil Oil Corp., New York
Broken up at Castellon 1972 by Isaac Manuel Varela Davalillo,
arrived 10.11.1971, work begn in 01.1972.
The Miramar Ship Index for "SYOSSET"
IDNo:
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5347441
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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SYOSSET
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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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03.02.1945
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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03.1945
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DWT:
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16100
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Yard No:
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4426
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Length overall:
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152.9
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Ship Design:
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T3-S-A1
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LPP:
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148.6
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.7
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Builder:
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Bethlehem
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrow's Point
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-15
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Castellon 10.11.1971 [ I.M.Varela Davalillo ]
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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247458
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5347441
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1945
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SYOSSET
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9932
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-
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Co Inc.
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