Mary A. Whalen
oil tanker · United States
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Mary A. Whalen
- IMO number
- 5227445
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Vessel type
- oil tanker
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1938
- Builder
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- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Mary A. Whalen
Mary A. Whalen, known as the S.T. Kiddoo from 1938 to 1958, is a historic oil tanker located in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. She is the home of the non-profit PortSide NewYork, and the group runs programs aboard her. She was built in 1938 by the John J. Mathis Company, of Camden, New Jersey Hull #124, and measures 172 feet long. She is a rare surviving example of a "bell boat," a ship controlled from the engine room with telegraph signals sent from the bridge. The tanker shipped various fuel products along East Coast and was at center of United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., a pivotal 1975 Supreme Court decision in maritime law after she ran aground in Rockaway Inlet in 1968. She was in active service until 1994. She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mary A. Whalen now?
- Mary A. Whalen has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Mary A. Whalen?
- Mary A. Whalen is a oil tanker sailing under the flag of United States, built in 1938.
- Has Mary A. Whalen been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Mary A. Whalen appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).