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Taluga, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Summary
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Significance: The Taluga is significant as an example of the T3-type tankers, which were developed with steam propulsion rather than turbo-electric drives. The ship is also significant as the first civilian-crewed oiler in the Military Sealift Command. The crew of this ship, known as the "Taluga Tigers," set the standard for all civlian-manned naval auxiliaries to the present.
Survey number: HAER CA-336
Building/structure dates: 1943-1944 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bethlehem Steel Company
U.S. Maritime Commission
U.S. Maritime Administration
U.S. Shipping Board
Foster and Wheeler
Worthington Pump
U.S. Navy
Klemmer, Harvey
Mikkelsen, Hans
Military Sealift Command
Croteau, Todd, project manager
US Maritime Administration, sponsor
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Koehler, Erhard, sponsor
Olin, Crystal, field team
Walker, Ashley T, field team
Location
benicia, 38.04937, -122.15858
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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