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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

05/05/1942

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

Year of ship completion

1938

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

Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp Ltd

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

Place of build

Sparrows Point, Maryland

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

Port of registry

Wilmington, De

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

Document author

C J Hudson

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

Ship type

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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

7989

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

15/07/1942

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

R W Gallagher

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

Launch Date

22/01/1938

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

Yard no

4307

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

Document identity

Certificate of Survey of Repairs

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

First entry?

N

Location where the document is written.

Location of Document Creation

Newport News, Va

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

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

Circumstances of loss or disposal

Sunk by Submarine

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

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