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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

20/07/1949

The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.

Year of ship completion

1949

The individual and/or organisation listed as having been responsible for constructing the vessel. This can/may be the same as the owner and/or manager.

Shipbuilder

Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co

Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.

Yard no

569

Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.

Port of survey abbreviations

Phl

Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.

Document identity

1 Steel Steamer or Motorship

Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.

First entry?

Y

The date of last visit by a surveyor.

Date of latest survey

27/06/1949

The individual and/or organisation listed that is responsible for the everyday management of a ship. This may be the same as the owner.

Ship manager

Marine Transport Lines Inc

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Philadelphia

Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.

Classification

+100A1; Carrying Petroleum in Bulk; Fitted for Oil Fuel 6,49; Fp above 150 F; +LMC 6,49

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Ship type

Screw Steamer

Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

Material of construction

Steel

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

17613

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Machinery aft?

No

Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

No

Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.

Lloyd's Proving House?

No

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

Petroleum in bulk

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

3

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Ras Al Ardh

The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.

Launch Date

01/06/1949

Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.

Shipbuilder's signature

John W Hudson

The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.

Place of build

Chester, Pennsylvania

Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.

Survey number

9313

The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.

Port of registry

Monrovia

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

06/12/1948

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Kupan Transport Co

Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record

Document author

L R Chapman; R G S Kennedy

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Chester

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

31/08/1949

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.

Refrigeration machinery fitted for cargo purposes?

No

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Auxillary

No

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No

A vessel’s calculated maximum speed.

Speed (knots)

1949

Draft

1949

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Title of Document has been Altered; Also refers to Vessel Ephesos

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