Pacific Tankers Inc.

Pacific Tankers, Inc. of San Francisco, California was founded in 1943 as a division of Joshua Hendy Corporation to operate Fleet Oilers for the United States Navy to support World War II efforts. Pacific Tankers, Inc. operated Mission Buenaventura-class oiler, a Type T2 tanker (Type T2-SE-A2). Each Pacific Tankers, Inc. tanker has a merchant crew of about 9 officers and 39 men. Pacific Tankers Inc. was a major tanker operator for the war with a fleet of over 60 tankers. Pacific Tankers, Inc. continued operations after the war. [1][2][3]

Pacific Tankers Inc.
IndustryTanker Maritime transport
Founded1943
FounderKenneth D. Dawson
Defunct1951
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
John A. McCone (Chairman), Allan Cameron (GM)

Joshua Hendy Corporation was founded in the 1850s as an engineering and mining company. Joshua Hendy Corporation engineering was used in the construction of the Panama Canal form 1904 to 1914.[4] In for World War II Joshua Hendy Corporation built twelve triple expansion marine steam engines for Liberty ship. [5] [6]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation did an investigation into the sales of a Pacific Tankers, Inc ship to Aristotle Onassis in 1951-1952. [7]

Pacific Tankers, Inc. ships
USNS Mission San Luis Obispo

Some of Pacific Tankers Inc ships:

World War II ships
USNS Mission Santa Ana (T-AO-137) getting underway in Long Beach, California
Assembly and Construction of T2 Navy Tankers

See also

References
  1. Study of Trade-out and Build Activities of Onasis Companies: 85-2, By United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 1949
  2. https://allhands.navy.mil/Stories/Display-Story/Article/1840389/one-hundred-years-in-the-making/ The Birth of Military Sea Transportation Service, by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Campbell University, 19 July 2017]
  3. "Suamico (AO-49) Class". www.shipscribe.com.
  4. Herman, Arthur (2012). Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II. United States: Random House. pp. 181–183, 211, 214. ISBN 9781400069644.
  5. Quivik 2004. pp. 107–109.
  6. Quivik, Fredric L. (2 Jul 2004). "Kaiser's Richmond Shipyards: With Special Emphasis on Richmond Shipyard No. 3" (PDF). Rosie the Riveter. Historic American Engineering Record. pp. 107–109, 158. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2009.
  7. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43299573 JSTOR, The Onassis Global Shipping Business, 1920s-1950s
  8. "Joshua Hendy Corp. v. Moore Dry Dock Co., 126 F. Supp. 808 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
  9. SS Saugatuck
  10. "T2M". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  11. "Fleet Oiler (AO) Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
  12. S Umatilla
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