SS Gulflight
Front page of the Carson City Daily Appeal, May 3, 1915 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Gulflight |
| Owner | Gulf Refining Company |
| Port of registry | Port Arthur, Texas |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, NJ |
| Yard number | 156 |
| Laid down | 16 March 1914 |
| Launched | 8 August 1914 |
| Identification |
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| 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 |
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| Fate | Sunk 26 January 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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 |
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| 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). 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.