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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

25/06/1920

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

Year of ship completion

1920

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

George A Fuller Co

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

Yard no

1448

Previously referred to as signal letters (c.19th C), radio call signs enable a ship to communicate and are assigned by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Signal letter/Call sign

LYWQ

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

Survey number

98

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Wilmington, N. C.

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

04/12/1918

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

United States Shipping Board

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

Master

William Logan

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Wilmington N C

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

Classification

+100A1; Shelt Dk Wfbd; LMC 6,20; Subject; Fitted for Oil Fuel 6,20; FP above 150 F

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

Ship type

Screw Steamer

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

A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.

Speed (knots)

1920

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

3

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

City of Joliet

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

Launch Date

29/01/1920

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

Jas R Preston

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

Place of build

Wilmington N C

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Wmn

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

Document identity

Steel Steamer

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

29/05/1920

The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.

Ship manager

United States Shipping Board

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

Document author

George Allan

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Wilmington N C

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

13/07/1920

Physical arrangement of a ship’s masts, sails and rigging.

Rig

FAS - Fore & Aft Schooner

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

6502

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

1920

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Also refers to Vessel Cranford

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