Republic Oil Sales Company was founded on May 13, 1926, in Fort Worth, Texas by Herbert D. McCracken. In 1929 the Republic Oil Refining Company was founded in Pittsburgh at the Benedum-Trees Building with Ovid D. Robinson as president. Republic Oil Refining Company's vice president was James Carne and William H. Moreland as the secretary-treasurer. Republic Oil Refining Company had a field office in Houston, that moved to Texas City, Texas in 1935. Texas City is the location of the refinery. At its peak in 1931, the Texas City refinery had a capacity of 35,000 barrels daily and 1,250,000 barrels of tank storage. The company dissolved on April 1, 1957.[1][2]
Some of Republic Oil property was damaged and five employees killed in the Texas City disaster on April 16, 1947, at the Port of Texas City in Galveston Bay. Republic Oil Refining Company's firefighting team help put out the fire. The fire was caused by the French ship SS Grandcamp exploding her cargo of about 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate.[3][4]
Gold Creek, 10,000 ton tanker T2 tanker (T2-SE-A1) ran aground south of Gay Head. [5]
Minneapolis Husky, 16,000 barrels tanker built at Ingalls Decatur in 1941. renamed Republic in 1944, Clark in 1954, Limni in 1964, and scrapped 1973[6]
^World War II U.S. Navy Armed Guard and World War II U.S. Merchant Marine, 2007-2014 Project Liberty Ship, Project Liberty Ship, P.O. Box 25846 Highlandtown Station, Baltimore, MD [1]
^"Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
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republic, refining, company, republic, sales, company, founded, 1926, fort, worth, texas, herbert, mccracken, 1929, founded, pittsburgh, benedum, trees, building, with, ovid, robinson, president, vice, president, james, carne, william, moreland, secretary, tre. Republic Oil Sales Company was founded on May 13 1926 in Fort Worth Texas by Herbert D McCracken In 1929 the Republic Oil Refining Company was founded in Pittsburgh at the Benedum Trees Building with Ovid D Robinson as president Republic Oil Refining Company s vice president was James Carne and William H Moreland as the secretary treasurer Republic Oil Refining Company had a field office in Houston that moved to Texas City Texas in 1935 Texas City is the location of the refinery At its peak in 1931 the Texas City refinery had a capacity of 35 000 barrels daily and 1 250 000 barrels of tank storage The company dissolved on April 1 1957 1 2 Republic Oil Refining CompanyIndustryOil ShippingFounded1926 1926 DefunctApril 1 1957FateDissolvedKey peopleHerbert D McCracken Ovid D Robinson Otto C Massey John M Gardiner Daniel H Lee James Carney William E Huston John GardineParentBenedum Trees Contents 1 Texas City disaster 2 Ships 3 World War II 4 See also 5 ReferencesTexas City disaster EditMain article Texas City disaster Some of Republic Oil property was damaged and five employees killed in the Texas City disaster on April 16 1947 at the Port of Texas City in Galveston Bay Republic Oil Refining Company s firefighting team help put out the fire The fire was caused by the French ship SS Grandcamp exploding her cargo of about 2 300 tons of ammonium nitrate 3 4 Ships Edit A T2 tanker like the Gold Creek Some of Republic Oil Refining ships Gold Creek 10 000 ton tanker T2 tanker T2 SE A1 ran aground south of Gay Head 5 Minneapolis Husky 16 000 barrels tanker built at Ingalls Decatur in 1941 renamed Republic in 1944 Clark in 1954 Limni in 1964 and scrapped 1973 6 Kawanee 1919 tanker scrapped in 1945 7 Tug Republic No 1 Tugboat Tug Republic No 2 Built in 1943 by the Platzer Iron Works Company of Houston as the R J Gough 8 Oil Barges ROR 104 Barge ROR 105 Barge ROR 106 9 World War II EditRepublic Oil Refining fleet of ships that were used to help the World War II effort During World War II Republic Oil Refining operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board During World War II Republic Oil Refining was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration The ship was run by its Republic Oil Refining crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio 10 11 12 See also EditWorld War II United States Merchant NavyReferences Edit he Liberty Ships of World War II By Greg H Williams Douglass Neal September 10 1949 Republic Oil Refining Company The Portal to Texas History Stephens Hugh W 1997 The Texas City Disaster 1947 Austin Texas University of Texas Press ISBN 0 292 77723 X TCFD Texas City disaster Gold Creek www aukevisser nl Ingalls Decatur SS Kewanee The Kewanee Historical Society November 20 2017 Tugboat Information www tugboatinformation com United States v the Republic No 2 Civ A No 367 Casetext Search Citator casetext com Sea Lane Vigilantes www armed guard com World War II U S Navy Armed Guard and World War II U S Merchant Marine 2007 2014 Project Liberty Ship Project Liberty Ship P O Box 25846 Highlandtown Station Baltimore MD 1 Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II www usmm org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Republic Oil Refining Company amp oldid 1099188492, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
