LR/IMO No: 5133450
Year: 1938
Name: GOOD GULF
Type: Tanker
Launch Date: 12.4.38
Flag: BEL
Date of completion: 6.38
Tons: 7874
Link: 1772
Yard No: 758
LPP: 145.3
Country of build: DEU
Beam: 18.1
Builder: Howaldtswerke
Location of yard: Kiel
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn): 1D-11.5
BU Bremen 20.12.67 [Eckhardt & Co]

My father worked at the Gulf Oil Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas from 1934-1975. While there in the middle 1930's he befriended a man who was he Chief Engineer of this ship. His name was Jacobus "Jack' De Visscher from Antwerp Belgium. For the next 20+ years when the ship came to town; Jack was at our house for a meal and a visit. Many times he brought his wife, Martha. They were a delight to my sisters and brother. He had a special bond with my father; who was the go-between person during the times the United States was at war with Germany; as Jack was not in Belgium when Pearl Harbor was attacked' he was immediately deverted to a Merchant Marine ship for the United States. One being the S.S. William S. Ladd, which was sank of Leyte, Philippines in December 1944. He could not return to his wife. He wrote letters to my father; and my father forwarded them to his wife and vice/versa. Our childhood was made brighter and so much interesting my a person from another country with an accent who loved our family. Jack retired and died in 1968. Martha sadly lived another 26 years alone and passed away in 1992. Their family in Antwerp wrote to us. Bless you, Jack & Martha De Visscher. Leslie Pierce Royce. Houston

Thanks for the information
groetjes
Roger

Hello Roger,

Here some infos about the GOODGULF.
met vriendelijke groeten

Maurice


mt GOOD GULF

7805 blt Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel (758) L 12.4.1938 T 26.6.1938
5172 n 11190 dwt
474.9 x 58.7 x 33.1 ft
Oil engines 2 SA 6 cyl 26 3/4" x 47 1/4" by builders 3000 HP 3800 IHP 11 kn
cruiser stern mchy aft
38-40 GOOD GULF Belgian Gulf Oil C° SA, Antwerp Be/
Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad: Anvers 18.11.1939: het Belgische mt GOODGULF, werd kort na het
vertrek in de Schelde opgehouden tengevolge avery aan het stuurgerij. Het schip heeft na reparatie
de reis voortgezet.
5.2.1940 left Antwerp for Punta La Cruz (Venezuela).
Nov 1940 rerouted to Port Arthur (Texas) where laid up; the SPIDOLEINE and BELGIAN
GULF will soon berth alongside, followed by the LUBRAFOL, coming from HaIifax and
still loaded with crude.
8.11.1940 illegally transferred to Panama
40-49 GOOD GULF Gulf Oil Corporation, Panama Pa/
17.5.1941 transfert déclaré légal par un tribunal US. Jugement transcrit à Sherman (Texas)
12.1949 reverted to Belgian flag
49-53 GOOD GULF Belgian Gulf Oil C° SA, Antwerp Be/
53-59 GOOD GULF Gulf Oil (Belgium) SA, Antwerp Be/
59-67 GOOD GULF Belgulf Tankers SA, Antwerp Be/
14.12.1967 sold
17.12.1967 left Antwerp in tow for Hamburg but deviated to Bremen where arrived
on 20.12.1967.
BU by Eckhardt & C° GmbH