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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

19/12/1918

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

Year of ship completion

1918

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

Pusey & Jones Co

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

Yard no

7

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

Place of build

Gloucester City, New Jersey

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

Port of survey abbreviations

Phl

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

17/12/1918

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

William Booth

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Gloucester

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

31/12/1913

The name of the port/place of destination given.

Destined voyage

Trans Atlantic

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)

1918

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Indianapolis

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

Launch Date

04/07/1918

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

Pusey & Jones Co

The name of the yard where the vessel was built.

Yard name

Pennsylvania Yard

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

LNPQ

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

Survey number

3060

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

Gloucester City

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

16/01/1918

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

United States Navy Department

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

Master

J S Masury

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Philadelphia

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

Classification

+100A1; Shelt Dk wfbrd; +LMC 12,18

Recorded information related to a vessel’s movements.

Voyage information

Gloucester City N J; Trans Atlantic

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

Ship type

Screw Steamer

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

8165

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

1918

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