Official Number: 216456
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Newport News
Pennant No:
Launched: 27 April 1918
Into Service: WW2
Out of service: WW2
Fate: 1949 broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW2 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
July 1918 completed
1919 purchased by Standard Oil Co of New Jersey, New York name unchanged
20 September 1919 sailed from New York for Port Lobos
26 May 1920 sailed from New York for Port Lobos
28 January 1921 radioed the US Navy Communication Centre giving her location as 175 nmiles SE of Nevasa Island
1927 transferred to Standard Shipping Co Inc, Wilmington name unchanged
1935 transferred to Standard Oil Co of New Jersey, Wilmington name unchanged
27 October 1939 transferred to Panama Transport Co, Panama name unchanged
2 October 1941 sailed from Liverpool in escorted convoy ON22 for New York which dispersed on 15 October 1941
1942 owners became US WSA name unchanged
WW2 served as an escort oiler on WW2 convoys
7 May 1943 sailed from Liverpool in escorted convoy ONS7 to Halifax arriving 25 May 1943
16 June 1943 sailed from Halifax in escorted convoy SC134 to Liverpool arriving 1 July 1943. During this convoy acted as an escort oiler
14 July 1943 sailed from Liverpool in escorted convoy ONS13 with an ultimate destination of New York
9 August 1943 sailed from Halifax in escorted convoy SC139 to Liverpool arriving 24 August 1943. During this convoy acted as an escort oiler
12 September 1943 sailed from Liverpool in escorted convoy ONS18 with an ultimate destination of New York
24 October 1943 sailed from Halifax in escorted convoy SC145 to Liverpool arriving 7 November 1943. During this convoy acted as an escort oiler
17 November 1943 sailed from Liverpool in escorted convoy ONS23 with an ultimate destination of New York
1946 returned to WSA Reserve Fleet and laid up.
1949 arrived Baltimore for demolition by Patapsco Scrap Co.