Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

TROY SOCONY (1923, Tank Vessel)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
TROY SOCONY
Also known as:
BLUE COMET
Year of Build:
1923
Official Number:
222943
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Vessel Type:
Tank Vessel
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
65
Builder Name:
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
Original Owner:
Standard Transportation Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
253.9'
Beam:
37.6'
Depth:
13'
Tonnage (gross):
957
Tonnage (net):
611
Final Disposition
Date:
1965
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1923 Owned Standard Transportation Co (Socony-Vacuum Oil Co)

1946 Owned Jams McWilliams Blue Line Inc; renamed BLUE COMET

1961 Owned Tanker Hygrade No. 4 Inc

1965 Scrapped

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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