Cleveland Tankers Corp.
This seven-foot long swallowtail flag with the letters “CT” on a bright light blue fabric was the company logo for Cleveland Tankers Corporation. Founded in 1933, they specialized in the transport of oil for over fifty years. In that time span, Cleveland Tankers owned and operated over twenty vessels. Each was painted identically with a black hull, beige cabins, upperworks and smokestacks. But the notable feature that could be spotted at a distance was the bright light blue stripe and bolded letters “CT” painted at the top of the smokestacks, the same logo used on their flag.
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