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Californian (ship)
''Californian'' (ship) may refer to the following ships: * , the "Official Tall Ship Ambassador for the State of California" * , the cargo-passenger ship of the Leyland Line, notable for inaction while near the sinking RMS ''Titanic'' in April 1912; the ship was built in 1901 and sunk on 9 November 1915, during World War I, by German submarine ''U-35'' * SS ''Californian'', the name of the T2 tanker The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large quantities in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were larger "navy oilers" of the period. Some 533 T2s were built between 1940 and the end of ... between 1970 and 1975 * , a cargo ship built for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company in 1900; taken up for service with the United States Navy during World War I and sunk by a naval mine in June 1918 See also * Californian (other) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Californian Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T2 Tanker
The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large quantities in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were larger "navy oilers" of the period. Some 533 T2s were built between 1940 and the end of 1945. They were used to transport fuel oil, diesel fuel, gasoline and sometimes black oil-crude oil. Post war many T2s remained in use; like other hastily built World War II ships pressed into peacetime service, there were safety concerns. As was found during the war, the United States Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation in 1952 stated that in cold weather the ships were prone to metal fatigue cracking, so were "belted" with steel straps. This occurred after two T2s, and , split in two off Cape Cod within hours of each other. ''Pendleton''s sinking is memorialized in '' The Finest Hours''. Engineering inquiries into the problem suggested the cause was poor welding techniques. It was found the steel (that had been successfully use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Californian (other)
Californian is an adjective describing something related to the American state of California. It is also the demonym for a person from California. It may also refer to: Ships * ''Californian'' (schooner), the "Official Tall Ship Ambassador for the State of California" * ''Californian'' (ship) * SS ''Californian'', British passenger ship famous for her relationship to the RMS ''Titanic'' disaster of 1912 * , early American motor vessel Other uses * Californian, a font designed by Frederic Goudy for the University of California Press * The Californian, a coupe version of the British Hillman Imp automobile * ''The Salinas Californian'', the daily newspaper of Salinas, California * ''The Bakersfield Californian'', the daily newspaper of Bakersfield, California See also * California (other) * Californian English, a dialect spoken in California * List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names#C, a word in Latin found in species names * List of people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
