Agwilines Inc

{{Short description|U.S. shipping company}} {{Infobox company | name = AGWI Lines | logo = AgwilinesIncLines.jpg | type = [[Joint-stock company|Shareholder Company]] | founded = {{start date|1908}} in [[New York City|New York]], United States | fate = | defunct = 1954 | area_served = Worldwide | industry = Shipping, transportation | products = | revenue = | key_people = H. H. Raymond, C. H. Mallory, [[Benjamin Graham]] and Jerome Newman | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | successor = [[Ward-García Line]] | parent = | subsidiaries = | website = | footnotes= }}

'''Agwilines Inc''' was a passenger and cargo shipping company of [[New York City]]. Agwilines is short for '''Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Inc.''' AGWI Lines group operated four main lines in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/porto.htm|title=Porto Rico Line - New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/clyde.htm|title=Clyde-Mallory Lines|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref> *[[Ward Line]] *[[Clyde Steamship Company|Clyde line]] * Mallory Line * Porto Rico Line * Later the Clyde-Mallory Lines

Agwilines Inc had offices in: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and Washington and was founded in 1908. In 1949, Graham-Newman Corporation (1926–1956), an investment corporation, purchased 70,000 shares of Agwilines Inc to become the controlling interest. Graham-Newman Corporation was founded by [[Benjamin Graham]] and Jerome Newm in 1926.<ref>New York Time, December 17, 1948, business financial section, Page 55</ref>

[[File:Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines (AGWI) advertisement 1921.png|thumb|Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines (AGWI) advertisement 1921 showing four component lines.]] [[File:MallorySteamship1905.jpg|thumb|Mallory Line 1905]]

==Mallory Line== Mallory Line, also called New York & Texas Steamship Company of New York City was founded in 1866 and closed in 1932. Mallory Line was an early family-owned passenger line, started by Charles Henry Mallory (1818–1890), in the coastwise trade. Mallory established C.H. Mallory & Company with his partner Elihu Spicer (1825–1993). Mallory Line served New York, Galveston, Texas, New Orleans, Havana, and Mobile. In 1907 Mallory Line was sold to [[Charles W. Morse]] who with the [[Ward Line]] started the Consolidated Steamship Lines.<ref name="auto10">[https://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2009-oct-the-steamships-of-jacksonville/page/2 Steamships of Jacksonville]</ref> In 1908 Consolidated Steamship went bankrupt and was sold to the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies (AGWI) SS Company. AGWI continues the Mallory Line until 1932. The [[Metropolitan Steamship Company]] and [[Eastern Steamship Company]] that were part of Consolidated Steamship Company were not sold to Agwilines Inc. In 1934 Mallory Line merged with Clyde Line to be the Clyde-Mallory Line. In 1949 the Clyde-Mallory Line was sold to the [[Bull Line]], the line was ended by Bull Line. C. H. Mallory served one term in the Connecticut Senate in 1862. C. H. Mallory father was Patriarch Charles Mallory (1796–1882), he had a fishing fleet in [[Mystic, Connecticut]]. The Mallory family had a shipyard in Mystic, that built ships for the [[Union Navy]] during the Civil War. Henry H. Raymond was president and general manager of the Clyde Steamship and Mallory Steamship Companies from 1908 to 1923.<ref name="auto9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/mallory.shtml|title=Mallory Line / Clyde-Mallory Line|website=www.theshipslist.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/mall.htm|title=Mallory Steamship Company - Mallory Line|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mysticrevealed.com/stories/elihu-spicer-and-the-spicer-mansion/|title=Elihu Spicer and the Spicer Mansion|website=Mystic Revealed}}</ref><ref>[https://www.geni.com/people/Charles-Mallory/6000000012925486035 Charles Mallory bio]</ref> Clyde-Mallory Lines main ports were: Jacksonville, New York, Miami, Boston, Wilmington, Charleston, Key West, Galveston, Tampa, New Orleans and Mobile.<ref name="auto10"/><ref>Section Wholesale Market, Page 29, February 6, 1923,</ref>

==Clyde Line== {{main|Clyde Line}} Clyde line ran from 1844 to 1907 under the Clyde Steamship Company. Thomas Clyde started the company in New York in 1872. The line ran between the US northeast and southeast. Later added were routes to the Dominican Republic and other West Indies. In 1908 the Clyde line ran under the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies (AGWI) SS Company. In 1932 Mallory Line merged with Clyde Line. [[Thomas Clyde (businessman)|Thomas Clyde]] (1812–1885) was the founder and owner of the Clyde Line, Clyde Steamship Company. Main ports were New York City, Florida, Florida Keys, Boston, Providence, Cuba, and New Orleans. In 1861 Clyde's son, [[William P. Clyde]] took ownership till the 1906 sale. Clyde line ended in 1932, in the merger with Clyde-Mallory Line that ran from 1932 to 1949. Clyde Santo Domingo Line was a subsidiary of Clyde Line with service from New York City to [[West Indies]].<ref name="auto9"/><ref name="auto10"/><ref>[https://www.metrojacksonville.com/mobile/article/2012-jul-the-steamships-of-jacksonville metrojacksonville.com, steamships]</ref>

==Porto Rico Line== Porto Rico Line of the New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company was founded in 1895 in a partnership with [[Archibald H. Bull]] and Juan Ceballos. Bull later founded the A. H. Bull and Company. The Porto Rico Line ran from New York to Red Hook's Atlantic Basin's Pier 35 to Puerto Rico. The Porto Rico Line was a cargo and tourists line, also Puerto Ricans migrated to New York's [[Red Hook, Brooklyn]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/the-bull-lines-and-the-mid-century-s-s-puerto-rico/|title=The Bull Lines and the mid-century S.S. Puerto Rico.|first=Michael L.|last=Grace}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://redhookwaterstories.org/items/show/165|title=Ad: Porto Rico Line|first=The Red Hook WaterStories|last=team|website=Red Hook WaterStories}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/helge.htm|title=Porto Rico Line - New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. - Nels Helgesen|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/cml.htm|title=Cuba Mail Line - New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co. - Ward Line|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/helge2.htm|title=Porto Rico Line - New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. - Nels Helgesen - Coamo - Puerto Rico - San Juan - San Jacinto - San Lorenzo|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/exterior.htm|title=Maritime Timetable Images - Exterior views of ships|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bull.shtml|title=A. H. Bull & Company / Baltimore Insular Line|website=www.theshipslist.com}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historical.ha.com/itm/military-and-patriotic/wwii/atlantic-gulf-and-west-indies-steamship-agwi-lines-house-flag/a/6224-42128.s|title=historical.ha.com, Agwilines Inc}}</ref>

==Ward Line== {{main|Ward Line}} Ward Line was started by the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company founded in 1877. Ward Line's first route was service to and from New York, Nassau and Havana. Ward purchased the Alexandre Line in 1888 adding service to the east coast of Mexico. In 1907 Charles W. Morse purchased the Ward Line. In 1908 Morse company went bankrupt and the Ward Line combined with several other Morse companies to form the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Line, Agwiline, each division ran under independent management. In 1908 was owned by Agwilines Inc, in 1954 became [[Ward-García Line]].<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/06/13/102094152.pdf |title=Valencia Arrives Safely in Port |date=13 June 1897 |work=New York Times |access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>[https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/ward.shtml theshipslist.com Ward Line]</ref>

==Consolidated Steamship Company== Consolidated Steamship was founded by Charles W. Morse. On January 1, 1907 Charles W. Morse joined the Mallory Line, Porto Rico Line, the Ward Line, the Metropolitan Steamship Company and Eastern Steamship Company to form the Consolidated Steamship Lines. The [[financial crisis]] [[panic of 1907]] put Consolidated Steamship Company into [[bankruptcy]] in 1908. Out of the bankruptcy the Consolidated Steamship Company was sold to the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies SS Company (AGWI Inc.). The Metropolitan Steamship Company and Eastern Steamship Company that were part of Consolidated Steamship Company were not sold to Agwilines Inc.<ref>The Liberty Ships of World War II: A Record of the 2,710 Vessels, By Greg H. Williams, page 243</ref><ref>[https://www.fotw.info/flags/us~hfn.html House flags]</ref>

==World War II== During [[World War II]] Agwilines Inc. was active with [[Chartering (shipping)|charter shipping]] with the [[Maritime Commission]] and [[War Shipping Administration]]. During wartime, the Agwilines Inc operated [[Victory ship]]s and [[Liberty ship]]s. The ship was run by its crew and the [[US Navy]] supplied [[United States Navy Armed Guard]]s to man the deck guns and radio. The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon]] and the [[3"/50 caliber gun|3"/50]], [[4"/50 caliber gun|4"/50]], and [[5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun|5"/38]] deck guns.<ref name="NAG1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.armed-guard.com/item07.html |title=Armed Guard - Sea Lane Vigilantes, Project Liberty Ship, 2014 |access-date=2022-01-20 |archive-date=2000-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000118132226/http://www.armed-guard.com/item07.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="NAG">World War II U.S. Navy Armed Guard and World War II U.S. Merchant Marine, 2007-2014 Project Liberty Ship, Project Liberty Ship, P.O. Box 25846 Highlandtown Station, Baltimore, MD [https://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html#:~:text=There%20were%20three%20basic%20training,California%3B%20and%20Gulfport%2C%20Mississippi.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514224645/https://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html#:~:text=There%20were%20three%20basic%20training,California%3B%20and%20Gulfport%2C%20Mississippi. |date=2022-05-14 }}</ref>

==Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Inc ships== [[File:Ship_on_body_of_water.jpg|thumb|Agwilines's ''Satilla'' at Houston, Texas, in 1915]] Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Inc ships: *''Satilla'' (1912), sunk in 1917 by a U-boat as ''Hans Kinck''.<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150686 wrecksite.eu SS Satilla]</ref> *''Agwimoon'' (1920), sank as ''Altair'' in 1943 :<ref>https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142555 wrecksite Agwimoon</ref> *''Agwihavre'' (1921), sank as ''Gulfpenn'' in 1942<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142583 wrecksite Agwihavre]</ref> *''Manata'' (1916), sank as ''Trym'' in 1837<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?199229 wrecksite Manata]</ref> *''Ozama'' (1919), sank in 1928<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?244860 wrecksite Ozama ]</ref> *''Panuco'' (1917), sank in fire at dock in 1941<ref>[https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?283611 wrecksite Panuco]</ref> *''Choctaw'' (1917), sank as ''Syoka Maru'' in 1945<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?192399 wrecksite Choctaw ]</ref> *''Agwipond'' period (1921), sank in 1930 as ''Cities Service Boston''<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50536 wrecksite Agwipond ]</ref> *''Agwibay'' (1921), sank as ''William F. Humphrey'' in 1942<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136466 wrecksite Agwibay ]</ref> *''Agwisea'' (1920), sank in 1933<ref>[http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/bethsparrowspoint.htm shipbuildinghistory Agwisea ]</ref>

==Clyde Line ships==  Clyde Line ships:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/clyde1.htm|title=Clyde Steamship Company - Clyde Line|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref> *''Apache'' *{{SS|Mohawk|1908|2}} (1908) *[[USS Lenape (ID-2700)|''Lenape'']] (1912) *[[SS Friedrich der Grosse|''Huron'']] (1896) *''Comanche'' *''Arapahoe'' *''Cherokee'' (1925), sunk by U-boat June 16, 1942 *{{SS|Chippewa|1905|2}} (1905), (freight only) *''Philadelphia'' (1916)<ref name="auto11">{{Cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/greatlakes.htm|title=Great Lakes Engineering}}</ref>

==Clyde Santo Domingo Line ships== Passenger and cargo from New York City to Monte Cristi, Puerto Plata, Samana, Sanchez, La Romana, Macoris, Santo Domingo City Azua and Barahona.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=40bGatrkaIsC&dq=%22Clyde+Santo+Domingo+Line%22&pg=PA817 Exporters' Encyclopaedia, Volume 16]</ref><ref>[Proceedings of the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Volume 1, By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, page 645, 1913]</ref> <br />Clyde Santo Domingo Line ships: *[[USAHS Algonquin|''Algonquin'']] (1926) *''Iroquois''

==Mallory Line ships== [[File:Antonio Jacobsen - The Steamship Concho, 1904.jpg|thumb|''The Steamship Concho, 1904'' by Antonio Jacobsen]] [[File:Mallory - Line. s-s Alamo. (6478970721).jpg|thumb|''Alamo'']] [[File:MV Doulos 2004 at Southampton.jpg|thumb|''Medina'' as {{MV|Doulos Phos||2}} at Southampton, England in 2004]] Mallory Line ships: *''Comal'' *{{SS|San Jacinto|1903|2}} (1903) *''Concho'' (1903) *''Sabine'' *''Lampasas'' *''Alamo'' *[[MV Doulos Phos|''Medina'']] (1914) *''Nueces'' (1887) *{{SS|West Cawthon||2}} (1919), manager *''City of Houston'' (1871)<ref>[http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/merchant.htm shipbuildinghistory.com City of Houston ]</ref> *Barges: ''Chas. E. Goin'', ''C. F. Deering'', ''P. C. Golder'', ''Samuel Walker'', ''O. M. Hitchcock'' (1881)<ref>[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/19thcentury/gildersleeve.htm shipbuildinghistory.com Goin]</ref> *''Annie M. Smull'' (1868), sank in 1906<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?175004 wrecksite, Annie M. Smull]</ref>

==Porto Rico Line ships== [[File:USS Housatonic (SP-1697) in The Boston Harbor.jpg|thumb|[[USS Housatonic (SP-1697)|''Brazos'']] in Boston Harbor in 1919]] [[File:SSsanjuanship.jpg|thumb|''San Juan'' in 1901]] [[File:USATcoamo_1925ship.jpg|thumb|''Coamo'']] *Porto Rico Line ships: *''Coamo'' (1925), sunk by U-boat in 1942<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web |url= http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/porto34i1.htm |title=Porto Rico Line - Borinquen - Coamo |website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref><ref name="auto8">{{Cite web |url= http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/porto34i2.htm |title=Porto Rico Line - Borinquen - Coamo |website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref> *[[USS Housatonic (SP-1697)|''Brazos'']] (1889), sunk by U-boat 1941 *{{SS|Carolina||2}}, sunk by U-boat 1918 *''San Juan'' (1900)<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?253340 wrecksite, San Juan]</ref> *''San Lorenzo'' *''Porto Rico'' *''Ponce'' *[[Borinquen (1930)|''Borinquen'']] (1930), sank in 1970<ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto8"/> *''San Jacinto'' *''Mariana'' (1915), sunk by U-boat in 1942<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16360 wrecksite Mariana (1915)]</ref>

==Ward Line ships== [[File:SS Valencia Side.jpg|thumb|{{SS|Valencia||2}} in 1904]] Passenger steamships of the Ward Line: {{div col}} * {{SS|Varuna||2}} (1869) sank in 1870<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137648 wrecksite Varuna]</ref> * {{SS|City of Washington}} (1877) * {{SS|Niagara}} (1877) * {{SS|Saratoga|1877|6}} (1877) * {{SS|City of Alexandria}} (1879) * {{SS|Santiago}} (1879) * {{SS|Saratoga|1879|6}} (1879) * {{SS|Newport}} (1880) * {{SS|Cinfuegos|1883|6}} (1883) * {{SS|Seneca}} (1884) * {{SS|Orizaba|1889|6}} (1889) * {{SS|Seguranca}} (1889) * {{SS|Yumuri}} (1889) * {{SS|Vigilancia}} (1890) * {{SS|Yucatan|1890|6}} (1890) * {{SS|Valencia}} (1897) – Chartered from the [[Red D Line]].<ref name="NYTimes"/> * [[SS Aleutian|SS ''Havana'']] (1898) * {{SS|Mexico|1898|6}} (1898) * {{SS|Morro Castle|1900|6}} (1900) * {{SS|Esperanza}} (1901) * {{SS|Monterey|1901|6}} (1901) * {{SS|Yucatan|1903|6}} (1903) * {{SS|Havana|1906|6}} (1906) * {{SS|Merida|1906|6|}} (1906) * {{SS|Mexico|1906|6}} (1906) * {{SS|Saratoga}} (1907) * {{SS|Orizaba}} (1917) * {{SS|Siboney}} (1918) * {{SS|Morro Castle|1930|6}} (1930) * {{SS|Oriente}} (1930) * {{SS|Mexico|1933|6}} (1933) * {{SS|Monterey|1933|6}} (1933) * {{SS|Agwiprince|1941|6}} (1941)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123952/http://www.history.army.mil/documents/WWII/wwii_Troopships.pdf ''Agwiprince''] (pp.152)- Retrieved 2019-07-25</ref> {{div col end}}

==Clyde-Mallory Line ships== Clyde-Mallory Line ships:<ref name="auto9"/> [[File:Mallory Line, S. S. Denver, Galveston Texas. (6798312144).jpg|thumb|''Denver'' in Galveston, Texas]] [[File:Clydei01.jpg|thumb|{{SS|Shawnee||2}} in 1927]] {{div col}} Ship and year built *''Agwistar'' 1919 *''Alamo'' (1) 1883 *''Alamo'' (2) 1919 *''Ansonia'' 1919 *''Brazos'' (1) 1899 *''Brazos'' (2) 1907 *''Carondelet'' 1873 *''Carib'' 1882, sank in 1915<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17350 wrecksite Carib]</ref> *''City of Dallas'' 1872 *''City of Galveston'' 1870, sank in 1876<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?146584 wrecksite, City of Galveston]</ref> *''City of San Antonio'' 1872 *''[[City of Waco]]'' 1873 *''Colorado'' (1) 1879 *''Colorado'' (2) 1920 *''Comal'' 1885 *''Concho'' 1891 *''Denver'' 1901 *''Edward S. Atwood'' 1911 (tug)<ref>[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/brown.htm shipbuildinghistory.com Atwood]</ref> *''Glendaruel'' 1917 *''Guadalupe'' 1881 *[[USS Henry R. Mallory|''Henry R. Mallory'']] 1916 *''Lake Ellithorpe'' 1919, sank as ''Empire Kestrel''<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?257817 wrecksite, Lake Ellithorpe]</ref> *''Lampasas'' 1883 *''Kiowa'' 1903, sank in 1903<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?202850 wrecksite, Kiowa]</ref> *''Leona'' 1889 *''Malabar'' 1914 *''Malacca'' 1919 *''Malamton'' 1918 *''Malang'' 1920 *''Malantic'' 1918 (M.J. Scanlon) sank in 1943 by Uboat<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17019 wrecksite Malantic]</ref> *''Malay'' *''Malchace'' 1920 *''Mallard'' 1917 *''Mallemak'' 1919 *''Malsah'' 1920 *''Malton'' 1923 *''Maltran'' 1920 *''Medina'' 1914 *''Minotaur'' 1918, sunk in 1943 by U-boat<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15151 wrecksite, Minotaur ]</ref> *{{SS|Mohawk|1925|2}} (1925) *''Mohican'' (1904), sank 1925<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?26067 wrecksite Mohican]</ref> *''Neches'' (1) 1914 *''Neches'' (2) 1919, sank 1930<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136757 wrecksite Neches ]</ref> *''Norfolk'' (1916)<ref name="auto11"/> *''Nueces'' 1887 *''Ormidale'' 1917 *''Oneida'' (1919), sank in 1943 in storm<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?19939 wrecksite Oneida ]</ref> *''Osceola'' 1920 *''Onondaga'' 1905, sank in 1918<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?18501 wrecksite, Onondaga]</ref> *''Pecos'' 1899 *''Rio Grande'' 1876 *''Sabine'' *''San Jacinto'' 1903 *''San Marcos'' 1881 *''San Saba'' 1879, sank as ''Magnolia'' in 1918<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17358 wrecksite, San Saba]</ref> *{{SS|Shawnee||2}} 1927 *''State of Texas'' 1873 *''Swiftarrow'' 1921 *''Swifteagle'' 1921, sank in 1934<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?195679 wrecksite, Swifteagle]</ref> *''Swiftlight'' 1921 *''Swiftscout'' 1921, sunk in 1945 by U-boat<ref>[https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?195683 wrecksite Swiftscout]</ref> *''Swiftstar'' 1921, sank in 1923<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?195671 wrecksite, Swiftstar ]</ref> *''Swiftsure'' 1921 *''Swiftwind'' 1921 *''Western Texas'' 1877 *''Victor'' 1864, sank in 1872<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137647 wrecksite, Victor]</ref>

==World War II ships== [[File:SS American Victory.jpg|thumb|A VC2-S-AP2 type [[Victory ship]] ]] [[File:SS John W Brown.jpg|thumb|{{SS|John W. Brown}}, one of four surviving [[Liberty ship]]s in 2000]] World War II chartered ships operated by Agwilines Inc.: {{div col}} *''Anne Bradstreeet''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsA.html|title=LibshipsA|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *''Beatrice Victory''<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsB.html|title=vicshipsB|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *''Berwyn Victory''<ref name="auto2"/> *[[USS Lehigh (AK-192)|''Coastal Archer'']] *{{SS|Bucknell Victory||2}}<ref name="auto2"/> *{{SS|Durham Victory||2}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsD.html|title=World War 2 Victory Ships - D - E|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|Dorchester||2}} *''Ethiopia Victory''<ref name="auto"/> *''Elwin F. Knowles'' *''Fisk Victory''<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsF.html|title=vicshipsF|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|Frontenac Victory||2}}<ref name="auto7"/> *{{SS|George Wythe||2}} *''James Guthrie''<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJ-Ji.html|title=LibShipsJ|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|James Iredell||2}}, sank after attack in 1943<ref name="auto5"/><ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37279 wrecksite James Iredel]</ref> *''James Rolph''<ref name="auto5"/> *''Jeremiah Van Rensselaer'', sunk in 1943 by U-boat<ref name="auto5"/><ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17312 wrecksite, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer]</ref> *''John Harvey''<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJo.html|title=LibShipsJo|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *''Jonas Lie''<ref name="auto1"/> *''Joseph K. Toole''<ref name="auto1"/> *{{SS|Joseph Stanton||2}} *{{SS|Joseph R. Lamar||2}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJon.html|title=LibShipsJon|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|H. H. Raymond||2}} *{{SS|C. Francis Jenkins||2}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsC.html|title=LibShipsC|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|St. Lawrence Victory||2}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsS.html|title=vicshipS|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *''Louis Pasteur''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsL.html|title=LibShipsL|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|Lake Elsmere||2}} *{{USNS|Marine Fiddler|T-AK-267|2}} *''Morris Hillquit''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsM.html|title=LibShipsM|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|Luther Martin||2}} *''Montclair Victory''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsM.html|title=vicshipsM|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|Oliver Ellsworth||2}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsN.html|title=LibShipsN|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|Richard Montgomery||2}}<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsR.html|title=LibShipsR|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *{{SS|Robert Treat Paine||2}}<ref name="auto3"/> *{{SS|Elihu Root||2}} *{{SS|Raymond V. Ingersoll||2}} *{{SS|Robert Trimble||2}}<ref name="auto3"/> *{{SS|Robert Y. Hayne||2}}<ref name="auto3"/> *''Samuel W. Williston''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html|title=LibShipsS|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *''Theodore Parker''<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsT.html|title=LibShipsT|website=www.mariners-l.co.uk}}</ref> *[[SS Flying Lark|''Trakai'']] *{{SS|Thomas Sim Lee||2}} *''Thomas Hill''<ref name="auto4"/> {{div col end}}

<gallery> File:103 MALLORY STEAM SHIP LINES. NEW-YORK AND TEXAS STEAM SHIP CO. PIERS 20 AND 21 EAST RIVER.jpg|1893 Mallory Line Roosevelt's Rough Riders leaving Tampa aboard the transport "Concho" headed for Santiago de Cuba (3464894443).jpg|Roosevelt's Rough Riders leaving Tampa aboard the transport ''Concho'' headed for Santiago de Cuba Onondaga-on-beach.jpg|''Onondaga'' on Orleans Beach after running aground on January 13, 1907 The SS Morro Castle of the Ward Line at sea, 1901.jpg|''Morro Castle'' of Ward Line at sea in 1901 </gallery>

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