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Date recorded as the time of writing.
19/01/1938
The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.
1937
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.
Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.
145
Abbreviations of the names of ports with Lloyd’s Register survey offices.
N.Yk
Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.
13 Report on Electric Fittings
Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.
N
The date of last visit by a surveyor.
14/01/1938
Name of the individual/entity/organisation responsible for authoring the record
John S Heck
Location where a vessel’s survey was undertaken.
New York
Date of the meeting of the Classing Committee.
02/02/1938
A vessel’s means of propulsion.
Steam
Is the steamer assisted by sail?
No
Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.
No
Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?
No
Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?
No
The official record pronounced by the Committee
Sunk
Vessel’s area of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.
Atlantic
Physical extent of a record.
1
Name of ship as recorded on the record
Esso Houston
The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.
18/12/1937
Name of the shipbuilder as it appears on the record.
J H Osbarne; Federal Ship Building & Dry Dock Co
The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.
Kearny, New Jersey
Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.
38176
The listed port to which a given vessel belongs.
Wilmington, De
The date of first visit by a surveyor.
31/12/1937
The individual and/or organisation listed
Standard Oil Co of New Jersey
Location where the document is written.
New York
Classification symbol assigned to a vessel by Lloyd’s Register’s Classing Committee denoting the quality of construction and maintenance.
Elec Light
Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.
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Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.
Steel
A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).
7699
Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?
No
Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).
No
Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.
No
Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.
Sunk by Submarine
Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.
19/05/1942
Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.
Also refers to vessel Esso Bayway
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