USS William Rockefeller
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USS William Rockefeller. 18/05/1918
Tanker
Displacement: 7175 grt.
Length: 135.9 m. Beam: 17.7 m. Draught: 10.1 m.
Propulsion: 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw.
Complement: 51 + officers and men.
Crew Lost: 3
Armament:
Tanker
Displacement: 7175 grt.
Length: 135.9 m. Beam: 17.7 m. Draught: 10.1 m.
Propulsion: 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw.
Complement: 51 + officers and men.
Crew Lost: 3
Armament:
Tanker SS William Rockefeller built in 1916 by William Cramp & Sons, Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia for the Standard Oil (Panama Transport Co., Lago Petroleum, Esso) I 1918 taken over by US Navy as USS William Rockefeller.
USS William Rockefeller was in convoy from New York to Rosyth, when, on the 18th of May 1918 she was struck by a torpedo fired by UC-58.
USS William Rockefeller was in convoy from New York to Rosyth, when, on the 18th of May 1918 she was struck by a torpedo fired by UC-58.
Crew Lost †18/05/1918,
LOVELL, W W, Ensign, William Rockefeller USS, US Navy, Enlisted as a machinist and promoted to provisional rank of ensign on 22 April 1918 for engineering duties. A married man, he left a wife at home, 749 Union Street, Brooklyn
MOORE, CHARLES R, Water Tender, Home address Somerset, Philadelphia.
STIEFVAFER, BERNARD F, Fireman, William Rockefeller USS, Home address Everett, Washington.
