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Former US shipping company

War Emergency Tankers of New York City was founded in 1942 to operate Fleet oilers for the United States Navy to support World War II efforts. Texaco, Standard Oil Company and other oil companies enter into a joint venture to form War Emergency Tankers Inc. War Emergency Tankers operated a fleet of tankers for the War Shipping Administration. War Emergency Tankers operated Type T2 tankers and other tankers. War Emergency Tankers was a major tanker operator for the war with a fleet of over 60 tankers. Each War Emergency Tankers tanker had a merchant crew of about 9 officers and 39 men. War Emergency Tankers continued operations after the war for a few years. Mr. T. E. Buchanan was chairman of War Emergency Tankers.

Some ships operated:
SS Marine Floridian
USS Flambeau (IX-192)
USNS Paoli (T-AO-157)
SS Four Lakes later (SS V. A. Fogg) ``
SS George W. Barnes
SS Vistula

References

Food Supply of the United States, Volumes 1–6, By United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on agricultural and forestry, page 1791, 1943
Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II., By Standard Oil Company
SS George W. Barnes
Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II., By Standard Oil Company

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v t e Type T2-SE-A2 tanker
Barren Hill Bear Paw Bemis Heights Briar Creek Camp Defiance Chatterton Hill El Caney Escambia Fort Bridger Fort Fetterman Fort Laramie Fort Stevens Kennebago Lackawapan Mascoma Mission Alamo Mission Buenaventura Mission Capistrano Mission Carmel Mission De Pala Mission Dolores Mission Loreto Mission Los Angeles I Mission Los Angeles II Mission Purisima Mission San Antonio Mission San Carlos Mission San Diego Mission San Fernando Mission San Francisco I Mission San Francisco II Mission San Gabriel Mission San Jose Mission San Juan Mission San Lorenzo Mission San Luis Obispo Mission San Luis Rey Mission San Miguel Mission San Rafael Mission San Xavier Mission Santa Ana I Mission Santa Ana II Mission Santa Barbara Mission Santa Clara Mission Santa Cruz Mission Santa Maria Mission Santa Ynez Mission Solano Mission Soledad Nordahl Grieg North Point Ocklawaha Pamanset Paulus Hook Platte Bridge Pocket Canyon Ponaganset Quaker Hill Red Bank San Juan Hill Sebec The Cabins The Cottonwoods Tomahawk Tule Canyon White Bird Canyon Wilson's Creek

Type T2-SE-A2 tanker

v t e Type T2-SE-A3 tankers
Cohocton Concho Conecuh Contoocook

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger Yorktown Wasp Essex Midway
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita Baltimore Oregon City Des Moines
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo Juneau Worcester CL-154
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento Asheville Plymouth Williamsburg St. Augustine Vixen Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Stevenson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
Patrol boats	Action PT boat
Minelayers	Oglala Wassuc Monadnock Miantonomah Terror Keokuk Salem Weehawken Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut Narwhal Dolphin Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
Tankers	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker
Cargo ships	Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar
Auxiliary ships	Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Motor torpedo boat tender Reefer Oiler Repair Seaplane tender Submarine tender Underway replenishment
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

v t e World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
Cargo designs	Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 (Type C6) (Type C7) (Type C8) (Type C9) Type N3
Emergency cargo	Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")
Tanker	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")
Special-purpose	Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate") Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank") Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer") Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier") Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport") Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship") "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"
Miscellaneous-cargo	Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge")
Tugs	Type V ("Tugs")
See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

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