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Gargoyle - ( 1921-1944)
"Gargoyle".
( Photo Collection John Curdy )
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
GARGOYLE - 1921 USA 1T (aft) (10½)
7,003 GRT for Vacuum Oil Co., New York , 425.0 x 57.2
Tanker built by Moore SB. Co., Oakland, Calif. (2) #164, 221070
1931 - Standard-Vacuum Transportation Co., Inc., New York
1935 - Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York
1944 - U. S. War Shipping Administration, New York
3/1944 - ARETHUSA U. S. Navy (IX-135) station tanker
5/1946 - GARGOYLE U. S. War Shipping Administration, New York
Broken up at Oakland, Calif. 4th quarter 1947 by Kaiser Co., Inc
The Miramar Ship Index for "GARGOYLE"
IDNo:
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2221070
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Year:
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1921
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Name:
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GARGOYLE
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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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09.01.1921
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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02.1921
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Tons:
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7002
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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164
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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129.5
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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17.4
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Builder:
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Moore DD
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Oakland
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1T-10.5
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Subsequent History:
1944 ARETHUSA - 1946 GARGOYLE
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Oakland 4 th quarter 1947. ( By Kaiser Co., Inc. )
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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221070
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2221070
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1921
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GARGOYLE
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7002
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Vacuum Oil Co.
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IX-135
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22)21070
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1921
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ARETHUSA
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7003
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1944
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U.S.Navy
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221070
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221070
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1921
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GARGOYLE
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7033
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1946
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National Defense Reserve Fleet
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Additional Information :
IX-135 Arethusa
Mobile Floating Storage Tanker:
Laid down in 1921 as Gargoyle, at Moore Shipbuilding Co, Oakland, CA.
Renamed Arethusa, 3 November 1943
Acquired by the US Navy, 23 March 1944
Commissioned USS Arethusa (IX-135), 23 March 1944
Decommissioned,at Subic Bay, P.I. in May 1946 (DANFS has the ship decommissioned at San Francisco, 16 May 1946)
Placed in service and delivered to the Maritime Commission at San Francisco, CA.
Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 8 December 1947, to Kaiser Co., Inc.
Arethusa received two battle stars for World War II service
Specifications:
Displacement 15,800 t.(fl)
Length 438' 6"
Beam 57'
Draft 26' 8"
Speed 10.5 kts.
Complement 72
Armament one 4" gun mount, eight 20mm guns
Propulsion three Scotch-Marine Boilers (max. operating pressure of 125 psig) powering a Hoover-Owens and
Rensler, 3,300 IHP, 78 RPM,triple expansion, double-acting steam engine. Engine third stage had piston assisted D-slide valve.
The single propeller was 16 feet in diameter with 16 foot bite.
Perry gyroscope was used for automatic steerage.