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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

15/01/1903

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

Year of ship completion

1906

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

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co

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

Place of build

Newport News, Virginia

Additional numbers that feature on a given record that may be used for identification.

Other numbers document know by

Lloyd's 475; 476; 477; 478; 479; 480; 481 WGM 9-02; Lloyd's 491 RMM 11-02

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

17/09/1902

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

Document author

William G Minchin; R M McLaren

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

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)

1903

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

W S Porter

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

Launch Date

__/08/1906

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

Yard no

44

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

Document identity

Ship Castings

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

First entry?

N

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

24/11/1902

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Philadelphia Pa

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

undefined

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

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

Draft

1903

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Ship Castings No 501; Manufactured by The American Steel Casting Co of Thurlow Pa

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