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Sections- Fr. 12, Fr. 33, Fr. 56, Midship, Fr. 85, Fr. 105 - Taluga, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA
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Walker, Ashley T., creator
Title
Sections- Fr. 12, Fr. 33, Fr. 56, Midship, Fr. 85, Fr. 105 - Taluga, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA
Depicted place California; Solano County; Benicia
Date 2009
Dimensions 34 x 44 in. (E size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER CA-336 (sheet 5 of 6)
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  • STORED ON SITE. mchr
  • 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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Bethlehem Steel Company; US Maritime Commission; US Maritime Administration; U.S. Shipping Board; Foster and Wheeler; Worthington Pump; U.S. Navy; Klemmer, Harvey; Mikkelsen, Hans; Croteau, Todd, project manager; US Maritime Administration, sponsor; Christianson, Justine, transmitter; Koehler, Erhard, sponsor; Olin, Crystal, field team; Walker, Ashley T, field team
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca3444.sheet.00005a
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Camera location38° 02′ 57.98″ N, 122° 09′ 27″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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