Front page of the Carson City Daily Appeal, May 3, 1915
History
Name
Gulflight
Owner
Gulf Refining Company
Port of registry
Port Arthur, Texas[1]
Builder
New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, NJ
Yard number
156[3]
Laid down
16 March 1914[2]
Launched
8 August 1914[2]
Identification
US official number: 212524[1]
until 1933: code letters LDNR[1]
by 1934: call sign WCJE
Fate
Sold
History
Name
Nantucket Chief
Owner
Nantucket Chief SS Co Inc
Port of registry
Port Arthur
In service
1937
Fate
Sold
History
Name
Refast
Owner
Harris & Dixon Ltd
Port of registry
London
In service
22 April 1938
Identification
UK official number 171309
call sign GPGR
Fate
Sunk 26 January 1942
General characteristics [1]
Type
oil tanker
Tonnage
5,189 GRT, 3,202 NRT
Length
383.0 ft (116.7 m) registered
Beam
51.2 ft (15.6 m)
Depth
30.1 ft (9.2 m)
Decks
2
Installed power
543 NHP
Propulsion
1 × triple-expansion engine
1 × screw
Crew
30
Gulflight was an American 5,189 GRT oil tanker built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey for the Gulf Refining Company (a predecessor of Gulf Oil).[4] It was launched on 8 August 1914. The ship became famous when it was torpedoed early in World War I and became the center of a diplomatic incident which moved the United States closer to war with Germany. The ship survived the attack but was eventually sunk in 1942 by torpedo attack in World War II.
^ abcdForty-Seventh Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, Year ended June 30, 1915. Washington, D.C.: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation. 1915. p. 126. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ abMcDowell, Michael P. (6 November 2018). "A Place Called Yorkship — The Civil & Merchant Vessels of New York Shipbuilding". A Place Called Yorkship. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^Colton, Tim (22 October 2020). "New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Gulflight". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
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Global Information
Port Arthur, Texas[1]
London