New Union Tanker to Visit L. B. Port at Long Beach
A $3,000,000 Union Oil tanker, the 55 Santa Maria, will sail from Spar Tow Point, Mass, in May and arrive near Long Beach around June 7 with 140,000 barrels of Gulf of Mexico petroleum. Captain Peter man and Chief Engineer Jack Law depart for final preparation, later joined by Thomas and Ogan as officers. The vessel, originally the Gleaner built in 1908, is being rebuilt as a diesel-powered modern tug, aiming to be the most powerful in Long Beach or Los Angeles Harbor outside the Navy’s Viking. Pacific Towboat & Salvage crews oversee upgrades, and a potential name Ernest A. Judd is considered. Separately Richfield Oil Co. barges are towed to San Francisco. Dr. Grover A. Kempf notes no ship-borne plague cases since 1938 and no smallpox in the U.S. since a wartime case, though ships from abroad face no strict new surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Oil
Santa Maria
Spar Tows Point
Gulf of Mexico
W. H. Peterman
Jack Law
H. G. P. Thomas
A. R. Ogan
California
San Francisco
Pacific Towboat & Salvage Co
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Viking
Merritt-Chapman & Scott
Ernest A. Judd
Pacific
Grover A. Kempf
U. S. Public Health Service
Kempt
Tanganyika
Africa
India
Iran
Venice
Italy
Propeller Club to Hear Skipper on Plague Ship Talk
The Long Beach Los Angeles Propeller Club will hear Skipper on the plague aboard ships tied to the Long Beach harbor and other Pacific ports. The session comes as the Census Bureau reports 1951 foreign trade at Pacific coast ports topped all earlier years, with 1.264 billion in exports and 899 million in imports. The Delftdyk, Holland America Line, will soon be renamed Dong2dy and return to port. The club shifts its luncheon to April 1 at Campbell Hotel, with National President Hugh Gallagher as guest. Gallagher will address the group and outline plans for the national convention October 6 to 11 at the Los Angeles Statler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long’Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Pacific Coast
U.S. Commerce Department
Census Bureau
Long Beach
Shrimp Boats Begin Commercial Trawling in California
California permits its first commercial shrimp trawling starting April 1 after a legislative sanction and fish and game division findings of prawn shrimp in mid-California beds. Regulations protect halibut, sole, and bottom fishes as boats operate under an experimental season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Division of Fish and Game
Shrimp Trawl Study Aims to Test Profitable Fishing
The memorandum by the Secretary of the Legislature notes that the plan gives trawler operators a considerable window to conduct experiments and assess whether shrimp fishing can be profitable. The aim is to gauge economic viability and inform policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sec
Long Beach and Compton Office Contact Details
Addresses provided for offices at Long Beach 2615 Pine Avenue and Compton 201 Compton Boulevard with phone NE 55605 and 72148 respectively. Contact details appear as street addresses with missing or incomplete phone formatting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Pine Avenue
Compton
Compton Blvd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Port Panorama
Edsel Newton
Prete Aia Worl
New Union
L. B. Port
Richfield Oil Co
Pacific Retriever
Tex Reeves
Holland-America Line
Delftdyk
Foreman & Clark
Kling
Heywood- Wakefield
Heywood-Wakefield
Salem
V. Pyar
Sea
Atlantic Ave
Seal Beach
L. W. Berry
D.C
Davis
Jin
Pridham Davis
Pine
Long Beach, Calif
Orson
Penney
Penney’s
J. C. Penney
Thurs
Rayon
Gabardine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!