Ships of Standard Oil of California "SoCal," [now Chevron] -- since 1895

The Pacific Coast Oil Company, later known as Standard Oil of California or "SoCal", and now known as Chevron, was founded in 1895.

During World War II, SoCal ships were appropriated by the War Shipping Shipping Administration. Socal ships fueled battleships, aircraft carriers and troopships along the Pacific coast. SoCal tankers towed concrete barges to the South Pacific and acted as floating "gas stations" in the war zone.

Two SoCal ships were sunk during World War II: the H. M. Storey and H. D. Collier. The W. S. Rheem was torpedoed, but survived.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The tables below list: Year Built [*year purchased], Flag, and Deadweight Tonnage

Name Year Built
[*year purchased]		 Flag Deadweight
Tonnage
A. N. Kemp 1950 Liberia 29,680
Afran Zenith 1973 Liberia 227,778
Alaska Standard 1959 U. S. 2,698
Alaska Standard 1923 U. S.

 
Alden W. Clausen 1981 Liberia 35,026
Alton 1904* U. S.

 
Arizona Standard 1945 U. S. 17,350
Asa V. Call 1962 Liberia 73,149
Asuncion 1902* U. S. 2,800
Athol McBean 1950 Liberia 29,680
Atlas 1898 U. S. 2,133

Bahrain 1921 U. S.  
Benicia 1906 U. S.  
Bruce Smart 1991 Liberia 152,700

C. W. Kitto 1974 Liberia 264,108
California Standard 1951 U. S.  
California Standard 1929 U. S.  
Capt. A. F. Lucas 1904 U. S. 5,333
Carla A. Hills 1981 Liberia 35,035
Charles B. Renfrew 1988 Bahamas 77,710
Charles Pigott 1973 Liberia 264,135
Charlie Watson 1920 U. S.  
Chevron 1945 U. S. 4,039
Chevron Amsterdam 1960 Dutch 33,800
Chevron Antwerp 1975 Bahamas 272,425
Chevron Antwerp 1950 Panama 24,960
Chevron Arizona 1977 U. S. 39,207
Cnevron Arnhem 1958 Dutch 34,307
Cnevron Atlantic 1992 Bahamas 147,383
Chevron Brussels 1951 Panama 24,960
Chevron Brussels 1972 Liberia 255,260
Chevron Burnaby 1975 Liberia 272,405
Chevron California 1972 U. S. 70,213
Chevron Colorado 1976 U. S. 39,212
Chevron Copenhagen 1974 Liberia 264,002
Chevron Delfzijl 1945 Dutch 3,387
Chevron Edinburgh 1974 Bermudian 264,096
Chevron Eindhoven 1958 Dutch 33,950
Chevron Employee Pride 1994 Bahamas 153,976
Chevron Equator 1978 Liberia 110,964
Chevron Feluy 1973 Liberia 264,191
Chevron Frankfurt 1967 Liberia 78,872
Chevron Freeport 1974 Liberia 264,000
Chevron Genoa 1944 Panama 23,310
Chevron Gorinchem 1954 Dutch 3,018
Chevron Hawaii 1973 U. S. 70,213
Chevron Horizon 1974 Liberia 122,006
Chevron Kentucky 1971 Liberia 249,550
Chevron Leiden 1944 Dutch 23,307
Chevron Liege 1951 Panama 24,960
Chevron London 1972 Liberia 255,260
Chevron Louisiana 1977* U. S. 39,166
Chevron Madrid 1961 Dutch 50,835
Chevron Mariner 1994 Liberia 153,919
Chevron Meteor 1977 Liberia 125,491
Chevron Mississippi 1972 U. S. 70,209
Chevron Nagasaki 1974 Liberia 264,006
Chevron Naples 1961 Dutch 33,866
Chevron Nederland 1963 Dutch 50,835
Chevron North America 1976 Liberia 406,097
Chevron Ocean 1974 Liberia 317,985
Chevron Odense 1963 Liberia 53,755
Chevron Oregon 1975 U. S. 39,217
Chevron Pacific 1983 Liberia 35,034
Chevron Pernis 1974 Liberia 263,791
Chevron Perth 1975 Bahamas 272,466
Chevron Rome 1975 Liberia 272,296
Chevron Rotterdam 1956 Dutch 34,282
Chevron Sky 1976 Liberia 152,486
Chevron South America 1976 Bermuda 406,635
Chevron Star 1977 Liberia 153,842
Chevron Stream 1975 Liberia 128,282
Chevron Sun 1977 Liberia 153,829
Chevron The Hague 1945 Holland 23,256
Chevron Transporter 1950 Liberia 29,680
Chevron Venice 1945 Panama 23,650
Chevron Washington 1976 U. S. 39,166
Chevron Zenith 1972 Liberia 95,188
Col. E. L Drake 1903 U. S. 5,333
Condoleeza Rice 1993 Bahamas 129,915

*Launched in 1976 according to personal correspondence.

D. G. Scofield 1916 U. S.  
D. L. Bower 1970 Liberia 149,977
David Packard 1977 Bahamas 406,592
District of Columbia 1921 U. S.  
Dunsyre 1891 U. S.  

E. Hornsby Wasson 1970 Great Britain 217,545
E. J. McClanahan 1956 Liberia 19,100
El Segundo 1912 U. S. 4,533
Elmer R. Peterson 1964 Liberia 53,755

F. H. Hillman 1921 U. S.  
F. S. Bryant 1946 U. S. 12,760

Gage Lund 1952 Liberia 29,680
George A. Davidson 1959 Liberia 44,352
George H. Weyerhaeuser 1981 Bahamas 35,035
George L. Parkhurst 1960 Liberia 72,948
George Loomis 1896 U. S. 933
George M. Keller 1972   263,892
George Shultz 1993 Liberia 129,915
Golden Tiger 1975 Liberia 97,349

H. D. Collier 1945 U. S. 17,128
H. D. Collier 1938 U. S. 8,298 
H. J. Haynes 1970 Liberia 149,998
H. M. Storey 1922 U. S. 10,764 
H. T. Harper 1921 U. S.  
Hawaiian Standard 1925 U. S.  
Hillyer Brown 1953 U. S. 17,710
Howard G. Vesper 1965 Liberia 66,500
Howard W. Bell 1972 Liberia 264,077

Idaho Standard 1944 U. S. 17,388

J. C. Fitzsimmons 1918* U. S.  
J. Dennis Bonney 1991 Liberia 152,653
J. E. Gosline 1966 Liberia 66,500
J. H. MacGaregill 1945 U. S. 17,063
J. H. MacEachern 1915 U. S. 8,666
J. H. Tuttle 1943 U. S. 18,700
J. L. Hanna 1945 U. S. 17,068
J. R. Grey 1971 Liberia 263,857
J. T Higgins 1970 Liberia 149,993
James E. O'Brien 1970 Great Britain 217,545
James Sullivan 1992 Liberia 133,768
John A. McCone 1970 Liberia 149,993
John Ena 1892 U. S.  
John Young 990 Liberia 153,090

K. H. Crandall 1965 Liberia 53,560
K. R. Kingsbury 1921 U. S.  
Kenneth E. Hill 1979 Bahamas 95,959
Kenneth T. Derr 1982 Bahamas 35,026

L. W. Funkhouser 1974 Liberia 264,008
La Merced 1917 U. S.  
La Primera 1915* U. S.  
Lamyra 1964 Liberia 70,167

M. E. Lombardi 1940 U. S. 7,731
Maverick 1890 U. S. 1,600

Nevada Standard 1945 U. S. 17,224
Nevada Standard 1945 U. S. 17,268

Oregon Standard 1944 U. S. 17,278
Oronite 1918 U. S.  
Otto N. Miller 1973 Liberia 264,197

Paul L. Fahrney 1971 Liberia 263,666
Paul Pigott 1951 Liberia 29,680
Petroleum Ill 1913 U. S.  

R. C. Stoner 1943 U. S. 17,930
R. G. Follis 1965 Liberia 66,500
R. Hal Dean 1988 Bahamas 77,710
R. J. Hanna 1921 U. S.  
Ralph B. Johnson 1965 Liberia 66,427
Richmond 1913 U. S. 8,666
Robert Watt MIler 1951 Liberia 29,680
Roy G. Lucks 1964 Liberia 53,560
Rudolph Petersen 1972 Liberia 249,550

S. C. T. Dodd 1920 U. S.  
Samuel E. Armacost 1982 Bahamas 35,035
Samuel Ginn 1993 Bahamas 14,5663
Standard Service 1923 U. S.  

T. L. Lenzen 1960 Liberia 44,352
T. S. Petersen 1962 Liberia 53,755

Utah Standard 1946 U. S. 12,553

W. H. Berg 1937 U. S.  
W. S. Miller 1920 U. S.  
W. S. Rheem 1922 U. S. 10,872 
Washington Standard 1944 U. S. 17,278
William Cram 1992 Liberia 149,599
William E. Mussman 1979 Liberia 95,934
William M. Allen 1963 Liberia 73,149

Source: On Course: Chevron's Century at Sea, Robert Spector, Woodinville, WA: Documentary Book Publishers, 1995

Home
Ships

6/5/00

www.USMM.org ©1998 - 2017. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org, as the source. You may not use more than a few lines without permission. If you see substantial portions of this page on the Internet or in published material please notify usmm.org @ comcast.net