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SS Santa Paula
SS ''Santa Paula'' may refer to: *, was a cargo and passenger ocean liner built in 1916 for the Grace Line, used during World War I as the USS ''Santa Paula'' (ID-1590), then returned to civilian service and sunk by a torpedo in 1943 *, was a cargo and passenger ocean liner built in 1932 for the Grace Line, used during World War II as the USAT ''Santa Paula'', then returned to civilian service and scrapped in 1971 *, a T2 tanker The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large quantities 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 o ... built in 1945 for Union Oil of California. Scrapped in 1991 *, was a cargo and passenger ship built for the Grace Line in 1958, and scrapped in 2002 {{DEFAULTSORT:Santa Paula Ship names ... [...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 quantities 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 black oil-crude oil. Post war many T2s remained in use; like other hastily built World War II ships pressed into peacetime service, there were safety concerns. As was found during the war, the United States Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation in 1952 stated that in cold weather the ships were prone to metal fatigue cracking, so 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 Finest Hours''. Engineering inquiries into the problem suggested the cause was poor welding techniques. It was found the steel (that had been successfully used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
