Mary A. Whalen (tanker)
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| Location | Pier 11, Atlantic Basin, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′05″N 74°00′28″W / 40.68472°N 74.00778°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1938 |
| Built by | John H. Mathis & Company, Camden, New Jersey |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000831[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 3, 2012 |
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.[2] She is a rare surviving example of a "bell boat," a ship controlled from the engine room with telegraph signals sent from the bridge.[3] 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.[4]: 3, 11
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]
