| S.S. Chester Sun |
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| Launching: The John Curdy
Collection |
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- Left: Sponsors plaque for the Chester
Sun Hull No.1 Launched on October 30, 1917. Sponsor was Mrs. J. Howard
Pew. Mr. J. Howard Pew was President of Sun Oil until his retirement in
1947. (He was also president of Sun Ship from 1916 to 1918 being replaced
by our John G. Pew.
- Right: Below: Cropped from Marine
Engineering magazine. From Independence Seaport Musuem. Ignore the typo.
It should J Howard Pew.
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- Photos - David Kavanagh Collection
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| Rigged out for war.
This picture was cropped from the ‘International Marine Engineering.
Jan-Jun, 1918. The things you find at Independence Seaport Museum.
Photos - David Kavanagh Collection |
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Sun Ship Hull #: |
1 |
Contract Date: |
05/20/1916 |
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Keel Laid: |
1/27/1917 |
Time on Ways (M/D): |
9/4 |
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Date Delivered: |
01/2/1918 |
Time in Wet Basin (M/D): |
2/3 |
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Total Time Bldg.: |
11/7 |
Promised Delivery Date: |
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D.W.T.: |
10600 |
Propulsion: |
steam |
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H.P.: |
2600 |
Speed: |
10.5 knots |
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Sponsor: |
MRS.J.H.PEW |
Delivery Price: |
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Bbls. Capacity: |
81,458 |
Launch Date: |
10/30/1917 |
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Previous Owner: |
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Previous Name: |
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Date Purchased: |
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Date Sold:
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1929 |
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Subsequent Owner: |
Continental
SS Co -1929 |
Subsequent Name: |
D.J.MORAN |
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Pennsylvania
Sg Co - 1936 |
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ELWOOD |
| Length: |
430' |
Beam: |
59' |
| Depth: |
33'3" |
Class: |
LLOYDS |
| Broke up: |
Mobile
02/1949 |
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| ON Number: |
215878 |
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