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Former US shipping company
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.
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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 .
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The
Federal Bureau of Investigation did an investigation into the sales of a Pacific Tankers, Inc ship to
Aristotle Onassis in 1951-1952.
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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
^ Study of Trade-out and Build Activities of Onasis Companies: 85-2, By United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 1949
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The Birth of Military Sea Transportation Service, by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Campbell University, 19 July 2017
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"Suamico (AO-49) Class" . www.shipscribe.com .
^ 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 .
^ Quivik 2004. pp. 107–109.
^ 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.
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JSTOR, The Onassis Global Shipping Business, 1920s-1950s
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"Joshua Hendy Corp. v. Moore Dry Dock Co., 126 F. Supp. 808 | Casetext Search + Citator" . casetext.com .
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SS Saugatuck
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"T2M" . www.mariners-l.co.uk .
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"Fleet Oiler (AO) Photo Index" . www.navsource.org .
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S Umatilla
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