John D. Rockefeller · collision
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 4–5 · No. 8
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- Item 14: 'Insurable value of' is struck through, and '$2,300,000' remains.
- Item 25: A 'COLLISION' stamp is placed over the typed text 'Collision - S S Frisia-Amsterdam'.
- A handwritten note 'New York' is near item 5 label.
- A handwritten number '212517' is near item 6 label.
- There's cursive handwriting in the header below the typed text 'Collection District No. 10 , Port of New York .' which appears to read '... Aug 13, 1919'.
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Form header
- Running number
- 8
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 10 , Port of New York .
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D SEP 24 1919 ANS'D · 24 Sep 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- Jhn. D. Rockefeller
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- John D. Rockefeller · S S, American
- 6 · Official number
- 17057Also written nearby: 212517
- 3 · Tonnage
- Gross 8,374 - Net 6,364
- 4 · Age or year built
- Five years
- 5 · Port registered
- Bayonne
- 7 · Master and residence
- Charles Christopher, 147 Nichols Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) 26 B'way. N.Y.C
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- March 13th. 1919
- 24 · Locality
- Montevideo Harbor
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Montevideo, March 13th. → Campana
- 27 · Weather
- Unknown
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 39 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $2,300,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Full reading
Collision - S S Frisia-Amsterdam COLLISION [stamped over typed text, but both are 'Collision'] [The word COLLISION is stamped twice, I'll transcribe the typed text and note the stamp in other_stamps as instructed.] Collision - S S Frisia-Amsterdam
26 · Cause, as written
Signature
- Signed by
- E. [illegible] Have · Assistant Manager
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- September 17th, 1919,
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- March 13th. 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American - S S John D. Rockefeller - Steel V.
- 3 · Tonnage
- Gross 8,374 - Net 6,364
- 4 · Age or year built
- Five years
- 5 · Port registered
- Bayonne
- 6 · Official number
- 17,057
- 7 · Master and residence
- Charles Christopher, 147 Nichols Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) 26 B'way. N.Y.C
- 9 · Sailed from
- Montevideo, March 13th.
- 10 · Bound for
- Campana
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 39
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $2,300,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $350,000
- 16 · Cargo
- Crude Oil
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 6,036.78 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- About $3,000
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- No damage
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $2,300,000
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Unknown
- 24 · Locality
- Montevideo Harbor
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision - S S Frisia-Amsterdam COLLISION [stamped over typed text, but both are 'Collision']
Full reading
Collision - S S Frisia-Amsterdam COLLISION [stamped over typed text, but both are 'Collision'] [The word COLLISION is stamped twice, I'll transcribe the typed text and note the stamp in other_stamps as instructed.] Collision - S S Frisia-Amsterdam
- 26 · Cause
- Collision
- 27 · Weather
- Unknown
- 28 · Measures taken
- All precautions taken
- 29 · Assistance
- None rendered
- 30 · Remarks
- —