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- SS Selma was an oil tanker built in 1919 by F.F. Ley and Company, Mobile, Alabama.
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SS Selma was an oil tanker built in 1919 by F.F. Ley and Company, Mobile, Alabama. President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete vessels of which only 12 were actually completed. SS Selma is the only permanent, and prominent, wreck along the Houston Ship Channel .
Apr 27, 2019 · The SS Selma launched from Mobile in June 1919. It was abandoned after hitting a reef near Pelican Island that tore an unrepairable 60-foot hole in its hull.
The French inventor of ferrocement built a concrete dinghy for the 1855 Paris Exhibition. By the early 20th century, several countries had built working barges of concrete. And today, civil engineering students all over America compete yearly to see who can build the best steel-mesh-reinforced concrete canoe.
Jun 3, 2024 · Built by F. T. Ley & Company in Mobile, Mobile County, the S.S. Selma launched on June 28, 1919, the same day World War I officially ended. It was subsequently sold by the government to a private company and entered service as an oil tanker servicing several ports on the Gulf Coast .
SS Selma was built in Mobile, Alabama, and named to honor Selma, Alabama, for its successful wartime liberty loan drive. The ship was launched on June 28, 1919, the same day Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I.
A 7500-ton reinforced expanded shale concrete tanker, the USS Selma was constructed at Mobile, Alabama, and launched on June 26, 1919. After several years’ service this vessel was purposely sunk in Galveston Bay where it has lain partially submerged ever since.
Sep 15, 2016 · The SS Selma had earned its place in history before it found its permanent home near Pelican Island. It was a reinforced concrete oil tanker, built because steel was in short supply during the World War I years (1914-18), and because marine engineers believed a such a ship could function efficiently.
