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U.S. shipping company

AGWI Lines Type Shareholder Company Industry Shipping, transportation Founded 1908 (1908) in New York, United States Defunct 1954 Successor Ward-García Line Area served Worldwide Key people H. H. Raymond, C. H. Mallory, Benjamin Graham and Jerome Newman

**Agwilines Inc** was a passenger and cargo shipping company of [New York City](/source/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:[1][2]

- [Ward Line](/source/Ward_Line)

- [Clyde line](/source/Clyde_Steamship_Company)

- 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](/source/Benjamin_Graham) and Jerome Newm in 1926.[3]

Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines (AGWI) advertisement 1921 showing four component lines.

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](/source/Charles_W._Morse) who with the [Ward Line](/source/Ward_Line) started the Consolidated Steamship Lines.[4] 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](/source/Metropolitan_Steamship_Company) and [Eastern Steamship Company](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Mystic%2C_Connecticut). The Mallory family had a shipyard in Mystic, that built ships for the [Union Navy](/source/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.[5][6][7][8] Clyde-Mallory Lines main ports were: Jacksonville, New York, Miami, Boston, Wilmington, Charleston, Key West, Galveston, Tampa, New Orleans and Mobile.[4][9]

## Clyde Line

Main article: [Clyde Line](/source/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](/source/Thomas_Clyde_(businessman)) (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](/source/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](/source/West_Indies).[5][4][10]

## 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](/source/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](/source/Red_Hook%2C_Brooklyn).[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] [18]

## Ward Line

Main article: [Ward Line](/source/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](/source/Ward-Garc%C3%ADa_Line).[19][20]

## 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](/source/Financial_crisis) [panic of 1907](/source/Panic_of_1907) put Consolidated Steamship Company into [bankruptcy](/source/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.[21][22]

## World War II

During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) Agwilines Inc. was active with [charter shipping](/source/Chartering_(shipping)) with the [Maritime Commission](/source/Maritime_Commission) and [War Shipping Administration](/source/War_Shipping_Administration). During wartime, the Agwilines Inc operated [Victory ships](/source/Victory_ship) and [Liberty ships](/source/Liberty_ship). The ship was run by its crew and the [US Navy](/source/US_Navy) supplied [United States Navy Armed Guards](/source/United_States_Navy_Armed_Guard) to man the deck guns and radio. The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the [MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon](/source/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon) and the [3"/50](/source/3%22%2F50_caliber_gun), [4"/50](/source/4%22%2F50_caliber_gun), and [5"/38](/source/5_inch_(127_mm)%2F38_caliber_gun) deck guns.[23][24]

## Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Inc ships

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*.[25]

- *Agwimoon* (1920), sank as *Altair* in 1943 :[26]

- *Agwihavre* (1921), sank as *Gulfpenn* in 1942[27]

- *Manata* (1916), sank as *Trym* in 1837[28]

- *Ozama* (1919), sank in 1928[29]

- *Panuco* (1917), sank in fire at dock in 1941[30]

- *Choctaw* (1917), sank as *Syoka Maru* in 1945[31]

- *Agwipond* period (1921), sank in 1930 as *Cities Service Boston*[32]

- *Agwibay* (1921), sank as *William F. Humphrey* in 1942[33]

- *Agwisea* (1920), sank in 1933[34]

## Clyde Line ships

Clyde Line ships:[35]

- *Apache*

- [*Mohawk*](/source/SS_Mohawk_(1908)) (1908)

- [*Lenape*](/source/USS_Lenape_(ID-2700)) (1912)

- [*Huron*](/source/SS_Friedrich_der_Grosse) (1896)

- *Comanche*

- *Arapahoe*

- *Cherokee* (1925), sunk by U-boat June 16, 1942

- [*Chippewa*](/source/SS_Chippewa_(1905)) (1905), (freight only)

- *Philadelphia* (1916)[36]

## 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.[37][38] Clyde Santo Domingo Line ships:

- [*Algonquin*](/source/USAHS_Algonquin) (1926)

- *Iroquois*

## Mallory Line ships

*The Steamship Concho, 1904* by Antonio Jacobsen

*Alamo*

*Medina* as [*Doulos Phos*](/source/MV_Doulos_Phos) at Southampton, England in 2004

Mallory Line ships:

- *Comal*

- [*San Jacinto*](/source/SS_San_Jacinto_(1903)) (1903)

- *Concho* (1903)

- *Sabine*

- *Lampasas*

- *Alamo*

- [*Medina*](/source/MV_Doulos_Phos) (1914)

- *Nueces* (1887)

- [*West Cawthon*](/source/SS_West_Cawthon) (1919), manager

- *City of Houston* (1871)[39]

- Barges: *Chas. E. Goin*, *C. F. Deering*, *P. C. Golder*, *Samuel Walker*, *O. M. Hitchcock* (1881)[40]

- *Annie M. Smull* (1868), sank in 1906[41]

## Porto Rico Line ships

[*Brazos*](/source/USS_Housatonic_(SP-1697)) in Boston Harbor in 1919

*San Juan* in 1901

*Coamo*

- Porto Rico Line ships:

- *Coamo* (1925), sunk by U-boat in 1942[42][43]

- [*Brazos*](/source/USS_Housatonic_(SP-1697)) (1889), sunk by U-boat 1941

- [*Carolina*](/source/SS_Carolina), sunk by U-boat 1918

- *San Juan* (1900)[44]

- *San Lorenzo*

- *Porto Rico*

- *Ponce*

- [*Borinquen*](/source/Borinquen_(1930)) (1930), sank in 1970[42][43]

- *San Jacinto*

- *Mariana* (1915), sunk by U-boat in 1942[45]

## Ward Line ships

[*Valencia*](/source/SS_Valencia) in 1904

Passenger steamships of the Ward Line:

- [*Varuna*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Varuna&action=edit&redlink=1) (1869) sank in 1870[46]

- [SS *City of Washington*](/source/City_of_Washington_(ship)) (1877)

- [SS *Niagara*](/source/SS_Niagara) (1877)

- [SS *Saratoga*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Saratoga_(1877)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1877)

- [SS *City of Alexandria*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_City_of_Alexandria&action=edit&redlink=1) (1879)

- [SS *Santiago*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Santiago&action=edit&redlink=1) (1879)

- [SS *Saratoga*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Saratoga_(1879)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1879)

- [SS *Newport*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Newport&action=edit&redlink=1) (1880)

- [SS *Cinfuegos*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Cinfuegos_(1883)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1883)

- [SS *Seneca*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Seneca&action=edit&redlink=1) (1884)

- [SS *Orizaba*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Orizaba_(1889)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1889)

- [SS *Seguranca*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Seguranca&action=edit&redlink=1) (1889)

- [SS *Yumuri*](/source/USS_Badger_(1889)) (1889)

- [SS *Vigilancia*](/source/SS_Vigilancia) (1890)

- [SS *Yucatan*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Yucatan_(1890)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1890)

- [SS *Valencia*](/source/SS_Valencia) (1897) – Chartered from the [Red D Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_D_Line&action=edit&redlink=1).[19]

- [SS *Havana*](/source/SS_Aleutian) (1898)

- [SS *Mexico*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Mexico_(1898)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1898)

- [SS *Morro Castle*](/source/SS_Morro_Castle_(1900)) (1900)

- [SS *Esperanza*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Esperanza&action=edit&redlink=1) (1901)

- [SS *Monterey*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Monterey_(1901)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1901)

- [SS *Yucatan*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Yucatan_(1903)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1903)

- [SS *Havana*](/source/USS_Comfort_(AH-3)) (1906)

- [SS *Merida*](/source/SS_Merida_(1906)) (1906)

- [SS *Mexico*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Mexico_(1906)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1906)

- [SS *Saratoga*](/source/USS_Mercy_(AH-4)) (1907)

- [SS *Orizaba*](/source/SS_Orizaba) (1917)

- [SS *Siboney*](/source/USS_Siboney_(ID-2999)) (1918)

- [SS *Morro Castle*](/source/SS_Morro_Castle_(1930)) (1930)

- [SS *Oriente*](/source/USAT_Thomas_H._Barry) (1930)

- [SS *Mexico*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Mexico_(1933)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1933)

- [SS *Monterey*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Monterey_(1933)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1933)

- [SS *Agwiprince*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Agwiprince_(1941)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1941)[47]

## Clyde-Mallory Line ships

Clyde-Mallory Line ships:[5]

*Denver* in Galveston, Texas

[*Shawnee*](/source/SS_Shawnee) in 1927

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[48]

- *City of Dallas* 1872

- *City of Galveston* 1870, sank in 1876[49]

- *City of San Antonio* 1872

- *[City of Waco](/source/City_of_Waco)* 1873

- *Colorado* (1) 1879

- *Colorado* (2) 1920

- *Comal* 1885

- *Concho* 1891

- *Denver* 1901

- *Edward S. Atwood* 1911 (tug)[50]

- *Glendaruel* 1917

- *Guadalupe* 1881

- [*Henry R. Mallory*](/source/USS_Henry_R._Mallory) 1916

- *Lake Ellithorpe* 1919, sank as *Empire Kestrel*[51]

- *Lampasas* 1883

- *Kiowa* 1903, sank in 1903[52]

- *Leona* 1889

- *Malabar* 1914

- *Malacca* 1919

- *Malamton* 1918

- *Malang* 1920

- *Malantic* 1918 (M.J. Scanlon) sank in 1943 by Uboat[53]

- *Malay*

- *Malchace* 1920

- *Mallard* 1917

- *Mallemak* 1919

- *Malsah* 1920

- *Malton* 1923

- *Maltran* 1920

- *Medina* 1914

- *Minotaur* 1918, sunk in 1943 by U-boat[54]

- [*Mohawk*](/source/SS_Mohawk_(1925)) (1925)

- *Mohican* (1904), sank 1925[55]

- *Neches* (1) 1914

- *Neches* (2) 1919, sank 1930[56]

- *Norfolk* (1916)[36]

- *Nueces* 1887

- *Ormidale* 1917

- *Oneida* (1919), sank in 1943 in storm[57]

- *Osceola* 1920

- *Onondaga* 1905, sank in 1918[58]

- *Pecos* 1899

- *Rio Grande* 1876

- *Sabine*

- *San Jacinto* 1903

- *San Marcos* 1881

- *San Saba* 1879, sank as *Magnolia* in 1918[59]

- [*Shawnee*](/source/SS_Shawnee) 1927

- *State of Texas* 1873

- *Swiftarrow* 1921

- *Swifteagle* 1921, sank in 1934[60]

- *Swiftlight* 1921

- *Swiftscout* 1921, sunk in 1945 by U-boat[61]

- *Swiftstar* 1921, sank in 1923[62]

- *Swiftsure* 1921

- *Swiftwind* 1921

- *Western Texas* 1877

- *Victor* 1864, sank in 1872[63]

## World War II ships

A VC2-S-AP2 type [Victory ship](/source/Victory_ship)

[SS *John W. Brown*](/source/SS_John_W._Brown), one of four surviving [Liberty ships](/source/Liberty_ship) in 2000

World War II chartered ships operated by Agwilines Inc.:

- *Anne Bradstreeet*[64]

- *Beatrice Victory*[65]

- *Berwyn Victory*[65]

- [*Coastal Archer*](/source/USS_Lehigh_(AK-192))

- [*Bucknell Victory*](/source/SS_Bucknell_Victory)[65]

- [*Durham Victory*](/source/SS_Durham_Victory)[66]

- [*Dorchester*](/source/SS_Dorchester)

- *Ethiopia Victory*[66]

- *Elwin F. Knowles*

- *Fisk Victory*[67]

- [*Frontenac Victory*](/source/SS_Frontenac_Victory)[67]

- [*George Wythe*](/source/SS_George_Wythe)

- *James Guthrie*[68]

- [*James Iredell*](/source/SS_James_Iredell), sank after attack in 1943[68][69]

- *James Rolph*[68]

- *Jeremiah Van Rensselaer*, sunk in 1943 by U-boat[68][70]

- *John Harvey*[71]

- *Jonas Lie*[71]

- *Joseph K. Toole*[71]

- [*Joseph Stanton*](/source/SS_Joseph_Stanton)

- [*Joseph R. Lamar*](/source/SS_Joseph_R._Lamar)[72]

- [*H. H. Raymond*](/source/SS_H._H._Raymond)

- [*C. Francis Jenkins*](/source/SS_C._Francis_Jenkins)[73]

- [*St. Lawrence Victory*](/source/SS_St._Lawrence_Victory)[74]

- *Louis Pasteur*[75]

- [*Lake Elsmere*](/source/SS_Lake_Elsmere)

- [*Marine Fiddler*](/source/USNS_Marine_Fiddler)

- *Morris Hillquit*[76]

- [*Luther Martin*](/source/SS_Luther_Martin)

- *Montclair Victory*[77]

- [*Oliver Ellsworth*](/source/SS_Oliver_Ellsworth)[78]

- [*Richard Montgomery*](/source/SS_Richard_Montgomery)[79]

- [*Robert Treat Paine*](/source/SS_Robert_Treat_Paine)[79]

- [*Elihu Root*](/source/SS_Elihu_Root)

- [*Raymond V. Ingersoll*](/source/SS_Raymond_V._Ingersoll)

- [*Robert Trimble*](/source/SS_Robert_Trimble)[79]

- [*Robert Y. Hayne*](/source/SS_Robert_Y._Hayne)[79]

- *Samuel W. Williston*[80]

- *Theodore Parker*[81]

- [*Trakai*](/source/SS_Flying_Lark)

- [*Thomas Sim Lee*](/source/SS_Thomas_Sim_Lee)

- *Thomas Hill*[81]

		- 1893 Mallory Line

		- Roosevelt's Rough Riders leaving Tampa aboard the transport *Concho* headed for Santiago de Cuba

		- *Onondaga* on Orleans Beach after running aground on January 13, 1907

		- *Morro Castle* of Ward Line at sea in 1901

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-30)** [wrecksite Panuco](https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?283611)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-31)** [wrecksite Choctaw](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?192399)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-32)** [wrecksite Agwipond](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50536)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-33)** [wrecksite Agwibay](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136466)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-34)** [shipbuildinghistory Agwisea](http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/bethsparrowspoint.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-35)** ["Clyde Steamship Company - Clyde Line"](http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/clyde1.htm). *www.timetableimages.com*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto11_36-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto11_36-1) ["Great Lakes Engineering"](http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/greatlakes.htm).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-37)** [Exporters' Encyclopaedia, Volume 16](https://books.google.com/books?id=40bGatrkaIsC&dq=%22Clyde+Santo+Domingo+Line%22&pg=PA817)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-38)** [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]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-39)** [shipbuildinghistory.com City of Houston](http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/merchant.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-40)** [shipbuildinghistory.com Goin](http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/19thcentury/gildersleeve.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-41)** [wrecksite, Annie M. Smull](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?175004)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto6_42-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto6_42-1) ["Porto Rico Line - Borinquen - Coamo"](http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/porto34i1.htm). *www.timetableimages.com*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto8_43-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto8_43-1) ["Porto Rico Line - Borinquen - Coamo"](http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/porto34i2.htm). *www.timetableimages.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-44)** [wrecksite, San Juan](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?253340)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-45)** [wrecksite Mariana (1915)](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16360)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-46)** [wrecksite Varuna](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137648)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-47)** [*Agwiprince*](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123952/http://www.history.army.mil/documents/WWII/wwii_Troopships.pdf) (pp.152)- Retrieved 2019-07-25

1. **[^](#cite_ref-48)** [wrecksite Carib](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17350)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-49)** [wrecksite, City of Galveston](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?146584)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-50)** [shipbuildinghistory.com Atwood](http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/brown.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-51)** [wrecksite, Lake Ellithorpe](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?257817)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-52)** [wrecksite, Kiowa](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?202850)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-53)** [wrecksite Malantic](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17019)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-54)** [wrecksite, Minotaur](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15151)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-55)** [wrecksite Mohican](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?26067)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-56)** [wrecksite Neches](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136757)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-57)** [wrecksite Oneida](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?19939)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-58)** [wrecksite, Onondaga](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?18501)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-59)** [wrecksite, San Saba](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17358)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-60)** [wrecksite, Swifteagle](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?195679)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-61)** [wrecksite Swiftscout](https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?195683)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-62)** [wrecksite, Swiftstar](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?195671)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-63)** [wrecksite, Victor](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137647)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-64)** ["LibshipsA"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsA.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto2_65-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto2_65-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto2_65-2) ["vicshipsB"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsB.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_66-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_66-1) ["World War 2 Victory Ships - D - E"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsD.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto7_67-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto7_67-1) ["vicshipsF"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsF.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto5_68-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto5_68-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto5_68-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-auto5_68-3) ["LibShipsJ"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJ-Ji.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-69)** [wrecksite James Iredel](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37279)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-70)** [wrecksite, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer](https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17312)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto1_71-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto1_71-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto1_71-2) ["LibShipsJo"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJo.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-72)** ["LibShipsJon"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJon.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-73)** ["LibShipsC"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsC.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-74)** ["vicshipS"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsS.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-75)** ["LibShipsL"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsL.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-76)** ["LibShipsM"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsM.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-77)** ["vicshipsM"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsM.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-78)** ["LibShipsN"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsN.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto3_79-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto3_79-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto3_79-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-auto3_79-3) ["LibShipsR"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsR.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-80)** ["LibShipsS"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto4_81-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto4_81-1) ["LibShipsT"](http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsT.html). *www.mariners-l.co.uk*.

v t e World War II Maritime Commission ship designs Cargo designs Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 (Type C6) (Type C7) (Type C8) (Type C9) Type N3 Emergency cargo Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1") Tanker T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3") Special-purpose Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate") Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank") Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer") Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier") Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport") Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship") "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge" Miscellaneous-cargo Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge") Tugs Type V ("Tugs") See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II US Navy combatant ships Aircraft carriers Lexington RangerS Yorktown WaspS Essex MidwayC Light aircraft carriers IndependenceV SaipanC Escort carriers Long IslandV ChargerV BogueV SangamonV Casablanca Commencement Bay Battleships Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa MontanaX Large cruisers Alaska Heavy cruisers Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans WichitaS Baltimore Oregon CityC Des MoinesC Light cruisers Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland FargoC JuneauC WorcesterC CL-154X Destroyers Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson StevensonX Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing Destroyer escorts Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler Patrol gunboats Ocean Dubuque SacramentoS Asheville Erie NiagaraSV VixenSV St. AugustineSV JamestownSV WilliamsburgSV PlymouthSV HiloSV DauntlessSV NourmahalSV Temptress Action Motor PGM-1V PGM-9V River WakeS TutuilaS OahuS LuzonS MindanaoS Patrol frigates Asheville Tacoma Patrol boats Eagle PT boat Fairmile B (Canadian) Submarines O R S V-boat Barracuda ArgonautS Narwhal DolphinS Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench US Navy mine warfare ship Auxiliary minelayers Chimo Camanche Minesweepers Lapwing Raven Auk EagleS Hawk Admirable Minelayers Ocean OglalaS MonadnockS MiantonomahS TerrorS KeokukS SalemS WeehawkenS Coastal NiagaraSV WassucSV MonadnockSV MiantonomahSV KeokukSV US Navy amphibious warfare ships Landing Ship Docks Ashland Casa Grande Amphibious force flagships AppalachianV AnconSV Mount McKinleyV AdirondackV BiscayneSV Attack cargo ships ArcturusV AndromedaV ArtemisV TollandV Attack transports DoyenV HarrisV McCawleyV HeywoodV Harry LeeSV President JacksonV Crescent CityV Joseph HewesSV John PennSV Edward RutledgeSV Arthur MiddletonV BayfieldV OrmsbyV SumterV WindsorV GilliamV Frederick FunstonV HaskellV US Navy auxiliary ships Crane ships Crane Ship No. 1SV MTB tender NiagaraSV HiloSV JamestownSV Destroyer tenders DobbinV Black HawkSV Altair Dixie AlcorSV C3 cargo CascadeSV Hamul Klondike Shenandoah Cargo ships Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar Fleet oilers Kanawha Cuyama Patoka Kaweah Big HornS VictoriaS AtascosaS PasigS ShikellamyS T2 tanker Kennebec Mattaponi Chiwawa Suamico Escambia CohoctonS T3 tanker Chiwawa Cimarron Gasoline tankers Halawa Conasauga KaloliS AroostookS GuyandotS T1 tanker Patapsco Mettawee Rescue tugs ATR-1 Mettawee Seaplane tenders WrightS LangleyS PatokaSV Curtiss Curtiss Albemarle Currituck Currituck Norton Sound Pine Island Salisbury SoundC C3 cargo TangierSV PocomokeSV ChandeleurSV Kenneth WhitingV Destroyer seaplane tenders ClemsonV Small seaplane tenders LapwingV Barnegat Aviation stores issue ships SupplyS FortuneS JupiterS Liberty GrumiumV AlliothV C1 cargo GwinnettV NicolletV PontotocV Distilling ships Liberty StagV T2 tanker PasigV AbatanV Others Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Reefer Repair Submarine tender Underway replenishment C: Completed after the war S: Single ship of class X: Cancelled V: Conversions

v t e Victory ships Lists List of Victory ships - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I-J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q-R, S, T-V, W-Z Subtypes Haskell-class attack transport Boulder Victory-class cargo ship Greenville Victory-class cargo ship Kingsport-class telemetry ship Range Sentinel-class telemetry ship List of Subtypes Museum ships SS American Victory SS Lane Victory SS Red Oak Victory Other Port Chicago disaster Attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory SS Columbia Eagle incident Sunk in action SS Canada Victory SS Hobbs Victory SS Logan Victory Damaged in action SS Bozeman Victory SS Brown Victory SS Bucknell Victory USS Colbert SS Elmira Victory USS Hinsdale USS La Grange SS Minot Victory SS Oshkosh Victory SS Pratt Victory SS Swarthmore Victory USS Telfair SS United Victory Sunk in service SS Clarksdale Victory SS Drexel Victory SS Escanaba Victory SS Georgetown Victory SS Luray Victory SS Middlebury Victory SS Northeastern Victory SS Park Victory SS Quinault Victory Damaged in service SS Attleboro Victory SS Baton Rouge Victory SS Baylor Victory SS Berea Victory SS Colombia Victory SS Cuba Victory SS Enid Victory SS Frontenac Victory SS Morgantown Victory SS St. Lawrence Victory Sank in private use SS Alamo Victory SS Augustana Victory SS Brainerd Victory SS Cody Victory SS Hagerstown Victory SS Lewiston Victory SS Lincoln Victory SS Luxembourg Victory SS India Victory SS New Bern Victory SS Mandan Victory SS Philippines Victory SS Rushville Victory SS Rutland Victory SS Skagway Victory SS Smith Victory SS St. Albans Victory SS Tufts Victory SS U.S.S.R. Victory Seagoing cowboys ships SS Adrian Victory SS Attleboro Victory SS Battle Creek Victory SS Beloit Victory SS Blue Island Victory SS Boulder Victory SS Bucknell Victory SS Calvin Victory SS Carroll Victory SS Cedar Rapids Victory SS Clarksville Victory SS Creighton Victory SS DePauw Victory SS Earlham Victory SS Flagstaff Victory SS Frontenac Victory SS Gainesville Victory SS Harvard Victory SS Hattiesburg Victory SS Jefferson City Victory SS Lahaina Victory SS Lanaina Victory SS Lindenwood Victory SS Mercer Victory SS Moline Victory SS Morgantown Victory SS Norwalk Victory SS Occidental Victory SS Ouachita Victory SS Park Victory SS Pass Christian Victory SS Pierre Victory SS Plymouth Victory SS Queens Victory SS Rock Hill Victory SS Rockland Victory SS Roswell Victory SS Saginaw Victory SS Santa ClaraVictory SS South Bend Victory SS Spartanburg Victory SS Villanova Victory SS Virginia City Victory SS Wesleyan Victory SS Woodstock Victory SS Yugoslavia Victory See also Liberty ship (predecessor) Article Category List See also, similar role:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e Liberty ships Lists A B C D E F G H I Ja-Je J. F-J. W K L M N O P R S–Samtyne Samuel–Sy T U–V W–William G William H–Wy Z Subtypes Acubens-class general stores issue ship Armadillo class tanker Stag-class distilling ship Crater-class cargo ship Guardian-class radar picket ship List of Subtypes Survivors SS John W. Brown SS Jeremiah O'Brien SS Arthur M. Huddell SS Albert M. Boe Other Liberty Fleet Day Port Chicago disaster Project Liberty Ship See also Park ship (Canadian equivalent) Fort ship (British equivalent) Ocean ship (Anglo-American predecessor) Victory ship (American follow-on) Empire ship (British ships owned by the Ministry of War Transport) Category List

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