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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

07/10/1952

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

Gulf Shipbuilding Co

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

Place of build

Chickasaw, Alabama

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

Document identity

Certificate of Inspection

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Waterman Steamship Corp

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

Document author

Ernest Potvin; Alfred W Kabernagel

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

6065

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

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Raphael Semmes

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

Launch Date

10/05/1942

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

Yard no

4

A unique number allocated to a specific vessel by an official registration authority of the country of registry (flag) that the vessel belongs to (post. 1855).

Official number

242074

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

First entry?

N

An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.

Master

M Salnordel

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Baltimore Maryland

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

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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

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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