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Old Salts of Humbles Tanker Fleet Honored
Dallas AP reports Humble Oil and Refining honors four veteran shipmasters and long-serving marine division staff for a combined 191 years at sea. Capt. Harold Griffiths leads the group with 40 years aboard the Baltimore and a world-spanning career. Other honorees include Capt. Larson, Capt. Heffelfinger, and Capt. Breece, all noted for decades of service across Esso ships and Humble operations.
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Houston
Harold Griffiths
U. S
Esso
Baltimore
Humble Oil and Refining
Griffiths
Humble Marine Division
Addy Larson
Old Jersey
Humble
New Yard
William York
G. Warden
Henry E. Heffelfinger
W. L. Steed
Mill
Kon Breece
Com Jersey Standard
John Hnath
Lexington
Esso Baltimore
Esso New Jersey
New
York Harbor
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Suez Canal
Cape Horn
Abadan
Tran
Southampton
England
Ras Tanura
Saudi Arabia
Montevideo
Uruguay
Tulura
Peru
Barbados
British West Indies
Capt
Europe
South America
Mowincke
Cape Hatteras
Aruba
New York
Hampton Roads
Staten Island
Barry College
Miami
Flushing
N. Y
Larson
Humble Fleet
Standard
John Worthington
Company
Transatlantic
Pacific
War Shipping Administration
Reykjavik
Iceland
Dallas
East Texas
Tain
Bright
ySchits
Breece
G- R. Paschall
Massachusetts
Marn- MF
ETM
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
Hnath
Texas
Louisiana
New York Harbor
Bayonne
N. J