1938                                       Paratex                                  1975 (

Steel twin-screw tanker

Built at Beaumont TX by Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc., Hull 131
Launched

258’ LOA, 250’6” LBP, 43’ beam, 17’6” depth
1 deck, 2 oil-fired diesel engines, 1440 BHP

Enrolled at
250.6 x 43.0 x 17.3, 1541 GT, 1185 NT     US 236989     to:
Gulf Oil Corporation, New York NY

Lengthened 1961 at Toledo OH by American Ship Building Co.
Remeasured to 286.6 x 43.1 x 17.3, 1597 GT, 1195 NT

Sold 1975 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Bert Reinauer 1975

IMO 5270595

3807