Official No:                           235835

Builder:                         Bethlehem Steel Co Shipbuilding Division

Launched:                     12 December 1936

Pennant No:                         

Into Service:                  WW2

Out of service:               1946

Fate:                            1961 ran aground on way to breakers

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:

12 December 1936 launched by Bethlehem Steel Co, Shipbuilding Division, Sparrow’s Point, MD as Yard No: 4304 named GULFCOAST for Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia

February 1937 completed

4 December 1941 sailed Port Arthur independently to Boston arriving 11 December 1941

14 December 1941 sailed Boston independently to Port Arthur arriving 20 December 1941

22 December 1941 sailed Port Arthur independently to Boston arriving 28 December 1941

30 December 1941 sailed Boston independently to Port Arthur arriving 6 January 1942

April 1942 owners became US WSA name unchanged

WW2 fitted as and served as an Escort Oiler – name unchanged

14 August 1943 sailed New York carrying USN Fuel as acted as Escort Oiler in Convoy HX252 arriving Liverpool 28 August 1943

13 February 1944 sailed Hampton Roads in convoy UGS33 as escort oiler arriving at Port Said 12 March 1944

24 October 1945 sailed Port Arthur independently to New York arriving 31 October 1945

1946 returned to her previous owners – name unchanged

1955 purchased by Cia Mar Central SA, Monrovia and renamed SUMMITT II

29 May 1961 broke adrift while being towed from Keelung to Kaohsiung for demolition and ran aground west of Keelung