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Californian (ship)
''Californian'' (ship) may refer to the following ships: * , the "Official Tall Ship Ambassador for the State of California" * , an American cargo ship built for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company; sold to the British Ministry of War Transport in 1940 and torpedoed and sunk in 1942 by the German submarine ''U-96'' * , a cargo-passenger ship of the Leyland Line, notable for inaction while near the sinking RMS ''Titanic'' in April 1912; the ship was built in 1901 and sunk on 9 November 1915, during World War I, by the German submarine ''U-35'' * SS ''Californian'', the name of the T2 tanker The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were larger "navy oilers" of the period. Some 533 T2s were built between 1940 and the end of 1 ... between 1970 and 1975 * , a cargo ship built for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company in 1900; taken up for service with the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T2 Tanker
The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were larger "navy oilers" of the period. Some 533 T2s were built between 1940 and the end of 1945. They were used to transport fuel oil, diesel fuel, gasoline and sometimes Petroleum, black oil-crude oil. After the war, many T2s remained in use, and as with other hastily-built World War II ships later converted to peacetime uses, there were safety concerns. The United States Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation in 1952 found that in cold weather the ships were prone to metal fatigue (material), fatigue cracking; in response to this finding, surviving ships were "belted" with steel straps. This occurred after two T2s, and , split in two off Cape Cod within hours of each other. ''Pendleton''s sinking is memorialized in the 2016 film ''The Finest Hours (2016 film), The Finest Hours''. Engineering inquiries into the problem sugge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Californian (other)
Californian is an adjective describing something related to the American state of California. It is also the demonym for a person from California. Californian or The Californian may also refer to: Newspapers in California * ''The Californian'' (1840s newspaper), a Monterey newspaper moved to San Francisco * ''The Californian'' (1860s newspaper), a San Francisco literary newspaper * ''The Californian'' (Carmel-by-the-Sea newspaper), circa 1936–1937 * ''The Bakersfield Californian'', a Bakersfield newspaper * ''The Salinas Californian'', a Salinas newspaper * ''The Californian'' (Temecula), a now defunct newspaper * ''The Daily Californian'', the student newspaper at the University of California at Berkeley * ''The Californian'', the student newspaper of California High School in San Ramon Other uses * ''Californian'' (ship), various ships * ''Californian'' (train), a passenger train of the Southern Pacific and Rock Island railroads * Californian, a coupe version of the Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
