Supertanker, E. Hornsby Wasson off the coast of California, 1974

Item Overview

Title
Supertanker, E. Hornsby Wasson off the coast of California, 1974
Photographer
Rogers, Art
Date Created
April 30, 1974
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
Caption
HUGE TANKER ARRIVES--The 1,068-foot supertanker E. Hornsby Wasson, 50 feet longer than the Queen Mary, lies off Santa Catalina Island following arrival with the largest load of oil--1,570,000 barrels--ever delivered to West Coast. Load will be pumped into smaller tankers for delivery to El Segundo and Richmond refineries. the Wasson was first ship to leave Saudi Arabia for U.S. after lifting of embargo.

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Dimensions
35 mm.
Medium
b&w negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
Subjects
Tankers--Great Britain
War
Transportation
Energy Crisis, 1973-1974--United States
Names
E. Hornsby Wasson (Tanker)
Resource type
still image

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier
uclalat_1429_b732_277648A-1
ARK
ark:/21198/zz0002psx6
Manifest url
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Rights Holder
The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country
US
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