American Petroleum Transport Corporation (American Petroleum Tpt) was an oil shipping company founded in New York City in 1936.

Daniel K. Ludwig Daniel Keith Ludwig (June 24, 1897 – August 27, 1992) was an American shipping businessman, who was also involved in many other industries. He pioneered the construction of super tankers in Japan, founded Exportadora de Sal, SA in Mexico and de ...

was President of American Petroleum Transport Corporation. In 1939 American Petroleum Transport Corporation operated eight

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to Hatteras, North Carolina. American Petroleum Transport Corporation was active in supporting the

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efforts. Some tanker ships American Petroleum Transport Corporation operated were sunk by

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s. Daniel K. Ludwig founded in 1936 the company

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World War II

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. During World War II American Petroleum Transport Corporation was active with charter shipping with the

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and

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. American Petroleum Transport Corporation operated Liberty ships and

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s for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its American Petroleum Transport Corporation crew and the

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Ships

*Some ships owned: *Halsey Wreck, tanker built in 1920 by Bethlehem SB Corp, Alameda, California, hit by torpedo and sunk by German submarine U-333 off Jupiter, Florida * USS Cahaba (AO-82) tanker 1947–1948, built in 1944 a Escambia-class oiler operated 1947 and 1948. **World War II operated ships: Liberty ship at sea

**Liberty Ships: *SS Morton Prince, Liberty Ships *Horace H. Harvey, Liberty Ship * SS William Penn, Liberty Ship * ARA Punta Delgada (B–16), also was MV Sugarland, a T1 tanker, Klickitat-class gasoline tanker. Type T2-SE-A1 tanker Hat Creek underway at sea on 16 August 1943

Type T2-SE-A1 tanker Hat Creek underway at sea on 16 August 1943

* Four Lakes T2-SE-A1 tanker moved oil from

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from 1946 to 1948. *SS Cedar Mills, T2 tanker was built in 1943 by Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company in Mobile, know of saving the

French destroyer Le Triomphant ''Le Triomphant'' ("The triumphant one") was one of six large destroyers (, "Torpedo-boat destroyer") built for the (French Navy) during the 1930s. The ship entered service in 1935 and participated in the Second World War. When war was declar ...

* Crow Wing, T2 tanker (T2-SE-A1), built in 1945 in Mobile, Alabama, on March 30, 1945, collided with another ship. *Caliche, operated from 1936 to 1943 with PAT, built in 1918 as Chestnut Hill in 1918. *Fort Laramie, T2-SE-A1 tanker, Built in 1944 in Mobile, Alabama. *Touchet, T2-SE-A1 tanker, built in 1943 in Mobile, Alabama. Dec. 3, 1943 on maiden voyage hit by

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in gulf. *Camas Meadows, T2-SE-A1 tanker, built in 1943 in Mobile, Alabama. Rammed and sank the USS St. Augustine (PG-54) on January 6, 1944

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The T2 Tanker page

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{{Type T2-SE-A1 tankers Defunct shipping companies of the United States American companies established in 1936

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