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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

08/12/1942

The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.

Year of ship completion

1942

The individual and/or organisation listed as having been responsible for constructing the vessel. This can/may be the same as the owner and/or manager.

Shipbuilder

Todd Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp

Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.

Yard no

25

Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.

Port of survey abbreviations

P.Me

Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.

Document identity

1 Steel Steamer or Motorship

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

11/07/1942

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

H M Government In Uk

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Portland Maine

Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.

Classification

+100A1 with freeboard; +LMC - 10,42

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Ship type

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Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

Material of construction

Steel

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

7178

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Machinery aft?

No

Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

No

Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.

Lloyd's Proving House?

No

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Sold to Nichimen Co Ltd for Breaking up at Japan

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

2

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Ocean Messenger

The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.

Launch Date

07/09/1942

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

T B Pinkham

The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.

Place of build

South Portland, Maine

Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.

Survey number

43110

Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.

First entry?

Y

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

07/10/1942

Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record

Document author

J S Ormiston; H R Gibbs

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

South Portland Maine

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

23/12/1942

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.

Refrigeration machinery fitted for cargo purposes?

No

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Auxillary

No

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

To be broken up

The country or national waters where a vessel is lost/disposed of, or last recorded.

Country of loss or disposal

Japan

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

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