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 '''SS ''Maverick''''' was an [[oil tanker]] built in 1890 for the [[Standard Oil of New York]], later Mobil Oil. After the ship had changed hands sometime between 1910 and 1915, it was used during [[World War I]] as part of the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy]] to foment rebellion in [[India]] and overthrow the [[British Raj]]. According to one source, the ship sank in 1917.<ref name=Colton />

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'''SS ''Maverick''''' was an [[oil tanker]] built in 1890 for the [[Standard Oil of New York]], later Mobil Oil. After the ship had changed hands sometime between 1910 and 1915, it was used during [[World War I]] as part of the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy]] to foment rebellion in [[India]] and overthrow the [[British Raj]]. According to one source, the ship sank in 1917.<ref name=Colton />

==History==
SS ''Maverick'' was laid down at the [[Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co.|Columbian Iron Works]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] as a {{convert|1721|LT|t|adj=on}} tanker for [[Standard Oil of New York]], and delivered in May 1890.<ref name=Colton /> On 17 July 1899, ''Maverick'' caught fire while unloading a cargo of oil at [[City of Halifax|Halifax]]. A subsequent explosion ripped a hole in the side of the steam tanker, which sank at its pier.<ref name=NYT-sink /> By 1907 the ship had been repaired and was back in service, and by 1910 had been equipped with a 2½ kW radio with a range of {{convert|200|mi}}.<ref name=Wireless /><ref name=NYT-Panama>{{cite news | title = STEAMER THOUGHT SAFE BY MARINE EXPERTS | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/01/06/106735138.pdf |work=The New York Times | date = 6 January 1907 | access-date = 2008-02-19 | page = 6 }}</ref>

At some point between 1910 and 1915, the ship was sold to the Maverick Steamship Company. According to one period source, in April 1915 the ship had been chartered to one F. Jebsen, who was an officer in the [[Kaiserliche Marine]]. Jebsen was also the master of {{SS|Mazatlan}}, a ship that had been suspected of secretly resupplying the German [[light cruiser]] [[SMS Leipzig (1905)|SMS ''Leipzig'']] in August 1914.<ref name=LAT />

On 20 April 1915 rumors that ''Maverick'' was loading ammunition at Los Angeles reached a [[United States Customs Service]] agent, who ordered an inspection. By the time the order was issued, however, ''Maverick'' had weighed anchor and sailed to [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] and entered a [[drydock]] there.<ref name=LAT /> On 22 April 1915, she sailed under a Captain Starr-Hunt from [[San Pedro, California]] with a crew of 25 plus five so-called "[[Persia]]ns". However these were in fact Indians and included Hari Singh who carried with him quantities of [[Ghadar Party]] literature. The ship was to rendezvous with the [[schooner]] ''[[Annie Larsen]]'' at the island of [[Isla Socorro|Socorro]], with the intention of transferring a quantity of arms to the ''Maverick''. However, when the ''Annie Larsen'' failed to appear, the ''Maverick'' continued to [[Java]] via [[Honolulu]]. The ''Annie Larsen'' eventually appeared in [[Hoquiam, Washington]], where United States authorities seized its cargo.

The ''Maverick'' continued to [[Jakarta]], arriving there towards the end of August. She attracted attention, on account of the five [[Sikh]]s she had on board. The ''Maverick'' remained in Jakarta until the end of the war.

According to one source, the tanker sank in 1917.<ref name=Colton />

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Ghadar Conspiracy}}

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[[Category:Indian independence movement]]
[[Category:Indian-American history]]
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[[Category:Oil tankers]]
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