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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 T2 tanker (T2-SE-A2). Each Pacific Tankers, Inc. tanker had 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.

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. In World War II Joshua Hendy Corporation built twelve triple expansion marine steam engines for Liberty ships.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the sales of a Pacific Tankers, Inc. ship to Aristotle Onassis in 1951 and 1952.

Pacific Tankers, Inc. ships

Some of Pacific Tankers Inc ships:

• SS Mckittrick built in 1944 (owned 1947–1951)
• SS Montebello Hills built in 1944 (owned 1948–1951)
• SS William M. Burden (SS Brookfield) built in 1944 (owned 1950–1951)
• SS Pecos (1944– )
• USS Sebec (AO-87) leased 1946 to 1950
• SS Saugatuck (owned 1947–1948)

World War II ships

• Some of the US government-owned, Naval Transportation Service tankers, operated by commercial firm Pacific Tankers, Inc:
• SS Mission Santa Ynez T2
• SS Mission Soledad
• SS Mission San Fernando
• SS Mission San Jose
• SS Mission San Gabriel
• SS Redstone
• SS Mission San Miguel
• SS Mission Carmel
• SS San Luis Obispo
• SS Mission Capistrano
• SS Santa Barbara
• SS Mission Santa Clara
• SS Mission Santa Ana
• SS Mission Dolores
• SS Mission San Carlos
• SS Mission San Luis Rey
• SS Chalmette (later Lynchburg (T-AO-154))
• SS Umatilla

See also

• World War II United States Merchant Navy

References

1. Study of Trade-out and Build Activities of Onasis Companies: 85-2, By United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 1949
2. The Birth of Military Sea Transportation Service, by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Campbell University, 19 July 2017
3. "Suamico (AO-49) Class". www.shipscribe.com.
4. 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.
5. Quivik 2004. pp. 107–109.
6. 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.
7. JSTOR, The Onassis Global Shipping Business, 1920s-1950s
8. "Joshua Hendy Corp. v. Moore Dry Dock Co., 126 F. Supp. 808 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
9. SS Saugatuck
10. "T2M". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
11. "Fleet Oiler (AO) Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
12. S Umatilla

External links

• The T2 Tanker page
• T-tanker list

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• American companies established in 1943
• History of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Transport companies established in 1943
• Defunct shipping companies of the United States