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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

28/01/1937

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

Year of ship completion

1936

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

Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc

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

Place of build

Beaumont, Texas

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

Survey number

37372

Other/additional record(s) specifically mentioned, referenced or associated to another record.

Associated documents

New York 37370; New York 37371

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

27/01/1937

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

Document author

William Rennie

Name of surveyor.

Surveyor

William Rennie

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

Classification

A-; Barge to be towed for service between Eastport, Me & Norfolk Va; Carrying Petroleum in bulk; SS N Yk No 3, 1,37

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

Ship type

Barge

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

896

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

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

Petroleum in bulk

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

3

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Texaco 398

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

Launch Date

04/04/1936

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

Yard no

68

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

Port of survey abbreviations

N.Yk

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

Document identity

1 Steel Steamer or Motorship

The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.

Port of registry

Wilmington, De

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

23/01/1937

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

The Texas Co

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

New York

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Robbins Dry Dock

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

10/02/1937

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Non-propelled

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

A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.

Speed (knots)

1937

Draft

1937

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Title of the Document has been Altered; Also refers to vessels Texaco 396 & Texaco 397

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