Tankers (3/4)

tanker ship drawing
Typical 1930s oil tanker

A tanker is a cargo ship designed to carry liquid cargoes, usually but not always fuel oils.

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Shipwreck Pan Pennsylvania
Type:
shipwreck, tanker (T3), USA
Built:
1943, Norfolk VA, USA
Specs:
( 516 x 70 ft ) 11017 gross tons
Sunk:
Sunday April 16, 1944
torpedoed by U-550, then shelled and sunk by USS Sagamore - 60 survivors
Depth:
240 ft ?

Shipwreck Persephone
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, Panama
Name:
In Greek mythology, Persephone, the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter, was abducted by Hades, the god of the underworld. Eventually, an agreement was reached wherein Persephone would spend part of the year with Hades in the underworld, and the rest with her parents in Olympus, resulting in the seasons: when she is away, her grieving mother, the earth goddess, ignores her duties and the earth becomes barren - winter.
Built:
1926, Germany
Specs:
( 468 x 63 ft ) 8426 gross tons, 37 crew
Sunk:
Monday May 25, 1942
torpedoed by U-593 - 9 casualties
Depth:
55 ft

Shipwreck Poling Brothers #2
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA
Built:
1863, USA
Specs:
( 116 x 23 ft ) 159 tons
Sunk:
Wednesday February 7, 1940
struck pack ice - no casualties
Depth:
65 ft

Shipwreck RP Resor
A model of the Resor
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA
Name:
Named for R P Resor, Treasurer of Standard Oil.
Built:
1936, Kearny NJ USA
Specs:
( 435 x 66 ft ) 7451 gross tons, 49 crew
Sunk:
Friday February 28, 1942
torpedoed by U-578 - 2 survivors
Depth:
125 ft

Sam Berman reef
Type:
artificial reef, tanker
Built:
1947, Brooklyn NY USA as Philip Lemler
Specs:
( 160 x 30 ft ) 478 tons
Sponsor:
Crystal Oil Corporation, Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:
Thursday September 10, 1987 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°06.440' -73°41.180'
Depth:
125 ft

Shipwreck Sebastian
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, England
Built:
1914, England
Specs:
( 310 ft ) 3110 tons, 36 crew
Sunk:
Thursday May 10, 1917
fire - 1 casualty
Depth:
270 ft

Shipwreck Stolt Dagali
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, Norway
Name:
Stolt is the name of the line that owned the ship; it translates "proud". Dagali is a mountain valley in Norway.
Built:
1955, Denmark, as Dagali
Specs:
( 582 x 70 ft ) 12723 gross tons, 43 crew
Sunk:
Thursday November 26, 1964 ( Thanksgiving day )
collision with liner Shalom ( 25,338 tons ) - 19 casualties
Depth:
130 ft, starts at 60 ft

Shipwreck Texel
Type:
shipwreck, tanker, USA
Name:
Texel is the easternmost of the Frisian islands off the coast of Holland, which are similar to our own barrier islands.
Built:
1913, Denmark
Specs:
( 331 x 48 ft ) 3220 gross tons, 36 crew
Sunk:
Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties
Depth:
230 ft

V.L. Keegan
Type:
artificial reef, tanker - Spentonbush Company, USA (Hess Oil)
Built:
1932, Brooklyn NY USA (Bushey Yard)
Specs:
( 110 ft )
Sponsor:
Spectra Services
Sunk:
Saturday June 3, 1989 - Sandy Hook Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°21.525' -73°56.110'
Depth:
60 ft

Tankers

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