T1 tanker, the Glossary
The T1 tanker or T1 are a class of sea worthy small tanker ships used to transport fuel oil before and during World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War.[1]
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66 relations: Barrel (unit), Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun, Buenos Aires, Bulk cargo, Buzzards Bay, Cargill, Chemical substance, Deadweight tonnage, Deck gun, Diesel fuel, England, Enterprise Engine and Foundry Co., Fuel oil, Fuzhou-class tanker, Gasoline, Grain, Gulf of St. Lawrence, History of the oil tanker, Hull classification symbol, J.A. Jones Construction, Japan, Korean War, Kyushu, Lend-Lease, Liberty ship, Lifeboat (shipboard), Massachusetts, McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company, Mengalum Island, MS Transpet, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Pacific War, Petroleum, Petroleum reservoir, Philippines, Port, Port of Kaohsiung, Replenishment oiler, Samoa, Seakeeping, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Ship, South China Sea, St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, T2 tanker, T3 tanker, Taiwan, Tanker (ship), Type 631 tanker, Type C1 ship, ... Expand index (16 more) »
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Barrel (unit)
A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts; there are dry barrels, fluid barrels (such as the U.K. beer barrel and U.S. beer barrel), oil barrels, and so forth.
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Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun
--> The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.
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Bulk cargo
Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities.
Buzzards Bay
Buzzards Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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Cargill
Cargill, Incorporated, is an American multinational food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware.
Chemical substance
A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
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Deadweight tonnage
Deadweight tonnage (also known as deadweight; abbreviated to DWT, D.W.T., d.w.t., or dwt) or tons deadweight (DWT) is a measure of how much weight a ship can carry.
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Deck gun
A deck gun is a type of naval artillery mounted on the deck of a submarine.
Diesel fuel
Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, heavy oil (historically) or simply diesel, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a result of compression of the inlet air and then injection of fuel.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Enterprise Engine and Foundry Co.
The Enterprise Foundry Company was incorporated in 1908.
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Fuel oil
Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil).
Fuzhou-class tanker
The Fuzhou-class tanker (as designated by NATO) is a class of auxiliary ship in the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
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Gasoline
Gasoline or petrol is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
Grain
A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption.
Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Gulf of St.
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History of the oil tanker
The history of the oil tanker is part of the evolution of the technology of oil transportation alongside the oil industry.
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Hull classification symbol
The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol (sometimes called hull code or hull number) to identify their ships by type and by individual ship within a type.
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J.A. Jones Construction
J.A. Jones Construction was a heavy construction company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).
Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States, in Milestone Documents, National Archives of the United States, Washington, D.C., retrieved February 8, 2024; (notes: "Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed 'vital to the defense of the United States.'"; contains photo of the original bill, H.R.
Liberty ship
Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. T1 tanker and Liberty ship are ship types.
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Lifeboat (shipboard)
A lifeboat or liferaft is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company
The McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company was a large-scale wartime ship manufacturing shipyard, located at the city of Riverside, near Duluth.
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Mengalum Island
Mengalum Island (Pulau Mengalum) is an island located on the West Coast Division of Sabah in the South China Sea on Malaysia.
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MS Transpet
MS Transpet was a tanker of United States and Panamanian registry.
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis forces during World War II.
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Pacific War
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
Petroleum reservoir
A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
Port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers.
Port of Kaohsiung
The Port of Kaohsiung (POK) is the largest harbor in Taiwan, handling approximately 10.26 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) worth of cargo in 2015.
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Replenishment oiler
A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores during underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea. T1 tanker and replenishment oiler are ship types.
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Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua).
Seakeeping
Seakeeping ability or seaworthiness is a measure of how well-suited a watercraft is to conditions when underway.
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
The Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation (also operating as Todd Pacific) was an American corporation which built escort carriers, destroyers, cargo ships and auxiliaries for the United States Navy and merchant marine during World War II in two yards in Puget Sound, Washington.
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Ship
A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
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St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company
The St.
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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. T1 tanker and t2 tanker are ship types and world War II tankers of the United States.
T3 tanker
The T3 tanker, or T3, are a class of seaworthy large tanker ships produced in the United States and used to transport fuel oil, gasoline or diesel before and during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. T1 tanker and t3 tanker are ship types, United States Merchant Marine, world War II merchant ships of the United States and world War II tankers of the United States.
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
Tanker (ship)
A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a ship designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk. T1 tanker and tanker (ship) are ship types.
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Type 631 tanker
The Type 631 tanker is a type of naval auxiliary ship currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), and has received NATO reporting name Fuchang class.
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Type C1 ship
Type C1 was a designation for cargo ships built for the United States Maritime Commission before and during World War II.
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Type C2 ship
Type C2 ships were designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in 1937–38. T1 tanker and Type C2 ship are ship types.
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Type C3-class ship
Type C3-class ships were the third type of cargo ship designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in the late 1930s. T1 tanker and type C3-class ship are ship types.
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Type R ship
The Type R ship is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II refrigerated cargo ship, also called a reefer ship. T1 tanker and Type R ship are ship types and world War II merchant ships of the United States.
Typhoon Louise (1945)
Typhoon Louise, known in Japan as the, was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that hit Japan in October 1945, soon after the cessation of World War II.
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United States Maritime Commission
The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 1950.
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United States Merchant Marine
The United States Merchant Marine is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.
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United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. T1 tanker and United States Merchant Marine Academy are United States Merchant Marine.
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United States Navy Armed Guard
United States Navy Armed Guard units were established during World War II and headquartered in New Orleans.
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Uruguay River
The Uruguay River (Río Uruguay; Rio Uruguai) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La Mesopotamia from the other two countries. It passes between the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil; forms the eastern border of the provinces of Misiones, Corrientes and Entre Ríos in Argentina; and makes up the western borders of the departments of Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, Río Negro, Soriano and Colonia in Uruguay.
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USS Pasquotank
USS Pasquotank (AOG-18) was a ''Mettawee''-class T1 tanker type gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations.
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Victory ship
The Victory ship was a class of cargo ship produced in large numbers by American shipyards during World War II to replace losses caused by German submarines. T1 tanker and Victory ship are ship types.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
Vigor Shipyards
Vigor Shipyards is the current entity operating the former Todd Shipyards after its acquisition in 2011.
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War Shipping Administration
The War Shipping Administration (WSA) was a World War II emergency war agency of the US government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the United States needed for fighting the war.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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3-inch/50-caliber gun
The 3-inch/50-caliber gun (spoken "three-inch fifty-caliber") in United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile in diameter, and the barrel was 50 calibers long (barrel length is 3 in × 50.
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See also
Type T1 tankers
- T1 tanker
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T1_tanker
Also known as Coastal tanker, Rincon-class gasoline tanker, T1-M-A1, T1-M-BT2, T1-MET-24a.
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