Official Number: 227802
Laid down:
Builder: G M Standifer Construction Corp, Vancouver, WA
Completed: May 1921
Into Service: WW2
Out of service: 1945
Fate: 15 December 1947 broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of American ships which served as Escort oilers during WW2
Career Data
May 1921 completed by G M Standifer Construction Corp. Vancouver, WA as Yard No: 20 named Albertolite for Imperial Oil Ltd., Halifax NS
1928 purchased by Standard Shipping Oil Co of New Jersey, Wilmington, DE – renamed Chester O. Swain
1935 owners restyled as Standard Oil Co of New Jersey, Wilmington, DE – name unchanged
2 December 1941 sailed Boston independently to Baytown arriving 9 December 1941
10 December 1941 sailed Baytown independently to Wilmington NC arriving 17 December 1941
17 December 1941 sailed Wilmington independently to Corpus Christi arriving 23 December 1941
24 December 1941 sailed Corpus Christi independently to Philadelphia arriving 1 January 1942
3 January 1942 sailed Philadelphia independently to Corpus Christi arriving 10 January 1942
11 January 1942 sailed Corpus Christi independently to Charleston SC arriving 17 January 1942
18 January 1942 sailed Charleston SC independently to Corpus Christi arriving 23 January 1942
25 January 1942 sailed Corpus Christi independently
31 January 1942 while on passage from Corpus Christi sighted U-Boat at 32.25N 79.25W reported the sighting with a SSS signal
2 February 1942 arrived at Wilmington NC from Corpus Christi
4 May 1942 five miles E of Cape Fear rescued some of the crew of the ss Bris in a life boat. The ship had been torpedoed on 20 April 1942 seventy miles SW of Bermuda
1942 owners became US WSA – name unchanged
WW2 served as an Escort Oiler, name unchanged
1945 returned to WSA Reserve Fleet and laid up
15 December 1947 arrived Baltimore for demolition by Patapsco Scrap Co