Prinsendam SOS Log of WGOA

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Hello group,

I just scanned the log book of TT WILLIAMSBURGH/WGOA to the Internet Archive.

Previously just the first page was available, now the entire log book has been scanned and put up on the Archive.  No log is available for the XXX as it was sent by PJTA before the Auto Alarm bells rang and we were called to watch.

It is along with recordings of the XXX and SOS of PRINSENDAM/PJTA.

http://archive.org/details/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980

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[Michael St. Angelo]

Has anyone crewed on the TT Williamsburgh or any of the “Brooklyn” class of tankers? I remember when SEALAND was building this ship in the old New York (Brooklyn) Navy Yard in the 1970’s.

 

Any experiences or stories would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Mike N2MS

[Dr.Hess]

I was on the Maryland for six months, Alaska to Panama. I also took
the Massachusetts from the Houston area to Boston for layup. I don't
remember if the Mass was the same or not. I might have been on the
Williamsburgh for a month too. If not that one, one of the others.
Been a few decades. I remember the job was scrapped after one trip
(Valdez->PTP) for political reasons and we layed it up in Portland/OR.

Dr.Hess
NG6Y

On May 19, 2:15 pm, "Michael St. Angelo" <mstang...@comcast.net>
wrote:

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Michael,

I was on Williamsburgh from 04 June 1980 until around 06 December 1980 when i got my six months service endorsement, rejoined around 18 December until about 06 June 1981.  During 1980 we went from Valdez to US Gulf then in December 81 we went to St. Croix when the company was bought and sold from Bay Tankers to Andep Steamship in Lake Success which ran the ships from that date, we went to Hounds Point, Scotland where we ran aground and had to go to Rotterdam for shipyard repair, then we went to the Caribbean again and then to US Gulf offshore Texas.

I later had a run on Brooklyn/KGDB in 1986 we went from Puertas Armulles, Panama to Valdez, Alaska and back again.

Later when on the west coast I heard a transmitter I "knew" - it just was tuning up and the sound of those Mackay / ITT transmitters was unmistakable to those of us who sailed on them - I KNEW the transmitter, then I heard him call:

NMO NMO NMO DE WGOA WGOA WGOA QTP K

I called Williamsburgh again and again but the R/O just ignored me.  That would have been one of the last USA ports for WGOA which was on her way to the scrap yard, a sad end for one of the recipients of the "GALLANT SHIP" awards given by MARAD, I received (as did all my fellow shipmates the Gallant Ship Citation bar, and I received a USCG Commendation as did James N. Pfister, CRO, and Arthur H. Fertig, Master, Williamsburgh): 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Gallant_Ship_Citation_Ribbon

73

[Joel Roberson]

I believe that was Seatrain instead of Sealand. Only four VLCCs in that class: Brooklyn, Bay Ridge, Williamsburgh, Stuyvesant. They typically carried little ballast and took such a pounding northbound in the Gulf of Alaska that hulls cracked.

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

I think under Bay Tankers of Wall Street the Massachusetts and Maryland, and the real big tankers, the Atlantic and Pacific were included.

http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/merchantships/postwwii/tankers.htm

This list says SeaTrain SB - but BayTankers NYK ran them until a date in January r1981 when they were run by Apex Marine of Lake Success, NY by Leo Berger - a graduate the nearby US Merchant Marine Acad. in King's Point - right near Little Neck / Lake Success where the office was.  He died around 2005 or so.  A very nice fellow used to spend a lot of time in the Radio Room, he also had a JD doctor of law degree and he valued his R/O's.

1975	Massachusetts	Crude Carrier	Seatrain Lines	Beth Sparrows Point	4642	276	T10-S-101b	145,000	265,000	71.9	Sold foreign 1993 as Astro Gamma, scrapped 2002
1976	New York	Crude Carrier	Seatrain Lines	Beth Sparrows Point	4643	277	T10-S-101b	145,000	265,000	71.9	Sold foreign 1993 as Astro Alpha, scrapped 2003
1976	Maryland	Crude Carrier	Seatrain Lines	Beth Sparrows Point	4644	278	T10-S-101b	145,000	265,000	71.9	Sold foreign 1993 as Astro Beta, scrapped 2002
1977	American Spirit	Crude Carrier	ARCO	Beth Sparrows Point	4645	303	T10-S-101b	130,000	265,000	81.5	Sold foreign 2000: now Alaskan Jewel
1977	American Independence	Crude Carrier	ARCO	Beth Sparrows Point	4646	304	T10-S-101b	130,000	265,000	81.5	Sold foreign 2000: now Kadriah I
1959	American Explorer	Tanker	U.S. Maritime Admin.	Ingalls SB	1054	53	T5-S-RM2a	15,000	32,000		Scrapped 2008
1973	Coronado	Product Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	384	269	T6-S-93a	22,357	39,237	18.2	Scrapped
1974	Cherry Valley	Product Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	385	270	T6-S-93a	22,357	39,237	18.2	Scrapped 2003
1975	Chelsea	Product Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	386	271	T6-S-93a	22,357	39,237	18.2	Scrapped 2006
1976	Chestnut Hill	Crude Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	388	316	T6-S-93a	42,000	90,000	28.2	Scrapped
1977	Kittanning	Crude Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	389	317	T6-S-93a	42,000	90,000	28.2	Scrapped
1974	Golden Dolphin	Crude Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	390	286	T8-S-100b	44,900	91,849	27.9	Sunk 1982
1974	Golden Endeavor	Crude Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	391	287	T8-S-100b	44,900	91,849	27.9	Scrapped
1975	Golden Monarch	Crude Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	392	288	T8-S-100b	44,900	91,849	27.9	Sold foreign
1976	Worth	Crude Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	394	299	T8-S-100b	42,000	90,000	28.2	Now hospital ship Mercy
1976	Beaver State	Crude Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	395	300	T8-S-100b	42,000	90,000	28.2	Scrapped
1976	Rose City	Crude Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	396	301	T8-S-100b	42,000	90,000	28.2	Now hospital ship Comfort
1976	American Heritage	Crude Carrier	Apex Marine	NASSCO	397	302	T8-S-100b	42,000	90,000	28.2	Scrapped
1975	Mormacstar	Product Carrier	Moore-McCormack	NASSCO	402	313	T6-S-93a	22,354	38,300	21	Scrapped 2001
1976	Mormacsun	Product Carrier	Moore-McCormack	NASSCO	403	314	T6-S-93a	22,354	38,300	21	Scrapped 2002
1977	Mormacsky	Product Carrier	Moore-McCormack	NASSCO	404	315	T6-S-93a	22,354	39,700	21	Scrapped 2003
1979	UST Atlantic	Crude Carrier	Interocean Mgmt.	Newport News	613	309	T11-S-116a	193,000	390,000	136.5	Sold foreign 1994 as Marine Atlantic, scrapped 2004
1979	UST Pacific	Crude Carrier	Interocean Mgmt.	Newport News	614	310	T11-S-116a	193,000	390,000	136.5	Sold foreign 1994 as Marine Pacific, active
1973	Brooklyn	Crude Carrier	Seatrain Lines	Seatrain SB	100	268	T10-S-92a	110,500	225,000	46	Sold foreign: scrapped
1975	Williamsburg	Crude Carrier	Seatrain Lines	Seatrain SB	101	272	T10-S-92a	110,500	225,000	62.9	Sold foreign: scrapped
1977	Stuyvesant	Crude Carrier	Seatrain Lines	Seatrain SB	102	273	T10-S-92a	117,300	225,000	62.9	Sold foreign: scrapped
1979	Bay Ridge	Crude Carrier	Seatrain Lines	Seatrain SB	103	305	T10-S-92a	117,300	225,000	70.6	Sold foreign: now FPSO Kuito
1976	Zapata Patriot	Product Carrier	Zapata Marine	Todd San Pedro	104	282	T6-M-98a	22,400	35,000	19.8	Total loss 2002
1976	Zapata Ranger	Product Carrier	Zapata Marine	Todd San Pedro	106	283	T6-M-98a	22,400	35,000	19.8	Sold foreign 1996 as W. S. Challenger, scrapped 2003
1977	Zapata Courier	Product Carrier	Zapata Marine	Todd San Pedro	107	284	T6-M-98a	22,400	35,000	19.8	Scrapped 2004
1977	Zapata Rover	Product Carrier	Zapata Marine	Todd San Pedro	108	285	T6-M-98a	22,400	35,000	19.8	Scrapped 2003

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On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Joel Roberson <bagp...@flash.net> wrote:

I believe that was Seatrain instead of Sealand. Only four VLCCs in that class: Brooklyn, Bay Ridge, Williamsburgh, Stuyvesant. They typically carried little ballast and took such a pounding northbound in the Gulf of Alaska that hulls cracked.

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[Joel Roberson]

UST Pacific owner United States Trust. Operated by Interocean Management, Phila. 390K DWT with bicycles for main deck cruising and basketball/racquetball court in fo'csle. I landed on deck by helo a couple times. Were only in U.S. flag service a couple of years. Even had a darkroom that I used quite a bit. Will look for photos.

 

[Earl Needham]

 http://www.aukevisser.nl/supertankers/id68.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.T._Atlantic-class_supertanker

On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Joel Roberson <bagp...@flash.net> wrote:

UST Pacific owner United States Trust. Operated by Interocean Management, Phila. 390K DWT with bicycles for main deck cruising and basketball/racquetball court in fo'csle. I landed on deck by helo a couple times. Were only in U.S. flag service a couple of years. Even had a darkroom that I used quite a bit. Will look for photos.

 

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[Mike Zbrozek]

 

 

Hello Dave -

 

Tnx for that list of Oil Tankers. Only two on that list still exist today.

They are MSC Hospital ships, the rest are history. I bet most were

single botton ships and could not be used anymore. Too bad they

were not replaced. A lot of jobs went with them.

 

73

Mike K8XF

[msta...@comcast.net]

Thanks to David and all on the information on the Williamsburg and the correction about Seatrain, not Sealand, as the builders.

It's a pity the domestics shipbuilding industry has disappeared.

Mike N2MS

----- Original Message -----
From: D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1...@arrl.net>
To: radio-o...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sun, 19 May 2013 22:36:31 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Radio Officers, &c] Prinsendam SOS Log of WGOA

I think under Bay Tankers of Wall Street the Massachusetts and Maryland,
and the real big tankers, the Atlantic and Pacific were included.

http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/merchantships/postwwii/tankers.htm

This list says SeaTrain SB - but BayTankers NYK ran them until a date in
January r1981 when they were run by Apex Marine of Lake Success, NY by Leo
Berger - a graduate the nearby US Merchant Marine Acad. in King's Point -
right near Little Neck / Lake Success where the office was. He died around
2005 or so. A very nice fellow used to spend a lot of time in the Radio
Room, he also had a JD doctor of law degree and he valued his R/O's.

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