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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

05/05/1922

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

Year of ship completion

1922

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

Merchant Shipbuilding Corp

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

Place of build

Chester PA

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

Survey number

4376

The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.

Port belonging to

New York

The date of first visit by a surveyor.

Date of first survey

06/08/1920

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

American Hawaiian Steam Ship Co

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

Document author

J M Buchanan; F Adamson

Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.

Location of Survey

Philadelphia Pa

Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.

Date of Classing committee

16/05/1922

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

7899

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Philadelphia

Engine builder as written

William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co

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 date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

20/02/1942

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Also refers to Vessel William Penn

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Californian

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

Launch Date

14/11/1921

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

Yard no

385

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

4b Report on Oil Engine Machinery

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

04/05/1922

An officially licensed mariner (post 1850) holding ultimate command and responsibility for a vessel.

Master

William Lyons

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Philadelphia Pa

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

Classification

+LMC 5,22; +DB 5,22 150 lbs

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Motor (internal combustion)

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Type and configuration of the engine(s) supplied for a vessel.

Engine type

Vertical Diesel Oil Engines

Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.

Year of engine build

1922

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

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Torpedoed & Presumed Sunk

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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