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Date recorded as the time of writing.
12/11/1918
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1916
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.
Union Iron Works Co
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
San Francisco
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
3023
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Los Angeles, Cal.
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
24/01/1918
The individual and/or organisation listed
Union Oil Co of California
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
William Runham
Name of surveyor.
William Runham
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
+NE 11,18; TS 11,18
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
Screw Steamer
Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Steel
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
6945
Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.
Chester Pa
Sun Shipbuilding Co
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
No
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
No
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
No
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Atlantic
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
La Brea
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
18/12/1915
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
122
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
Phl
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
4 Report on Machinery
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
Y
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
09/11/1918
An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.
T A Grant
Location where the document is written.
Philadelphia
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
Chester, Pennsylvania
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
18/02/1919
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.
Triple Expansion
Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.
1918
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
No
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
No
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Sunk by Submarine
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
24/08/1940
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