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Pacific Far East Line
Pacific Far East Line, also called PFEL in short, was a passenger and cargo shipping line founded in 1943 by Thomas E. Cuffe, in San Francisco, California. At the beginning he started by chartering foreign ships to run the lines in tramp trade. Later scheduled cargo services were added to the line. During World War II the South Atlantic steamship line was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. After World War II Pacific Far East Line purchased some of the low-cost surplus ships. All purchased ships were given names ending with the word "Bear". Pacific Far East Line flag was blue with a golden bear and below the letters PFEL, and Pacific Far East Line ads called PFEL routes "Routes of the Bear". During wartime, the South Atlantic steamship line operated Victory ships and Liberty shipss. Chairman Thomas E. Cuffe died in 1959. Pacific Far East Line operated some Lighter aboard ship (LASH ships). In 1977 The US Maritime Subsidy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Coast Farmer
''Coast Farmer'', gaining the name in 1937 and previously bearing the names ''Point Arena'' (1928) and ''Riverside Bridge'' (1920), was a U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1023 ship ordered under the name ''Minnewawa'' and built as hull #103 by Submarine Boat Company, Newark, New Jersey in 1920 ''Coast Farmer'' is noted as being a part of the Pensacola Convoy landing the supplies and troops intended for the Philippines in Darwin, Australia after being diverted on the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship became even more notable being the first of only three ships successfully running the Japanese blockade into the Philippines; leaving Brisbane FebruaryReferences, including cited official histories, have differing days of departure in February. 1942.Charles Dana Gibson notes the food supplies, transshipped from Mindanao aboard two Filipino coasters, with only the ''Elcano'' making Corregidor, were largely spoiled and "canned goods had lost their labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Rufus King
SS ''Rufus King'' was a standard Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Founding Father Rufus King, and was wrecked in July 1942, upon Amity Bar South of Moreton Island and north of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia. She was operated by International Freighting Corporation under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Cargo included nine crated bombers and medical supplies for twelve hospitals totaling 4,000 beds. The loss of the medical cargo would have been disastrous for medical service to forces in Australia. More than 85% of that cargo was salvaged by Australian salvage crews and U.S. Army medical personnel. Ownership of the bow section was transferred to the U.S. Army, salvaged and converted in Australia into a repair facility for supporting the U.S. Army Small Ships Section water craft and vessels and dubbed "Half Rufus"Some Australian sources use a reversed "Rufus Half" instead. ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS George Eastman
USS ''George Eastman'' (YAG-39), a "Liberty-type" cargo ship, was laid down under Maritime Commission contract on 24 March 1943 by Permanente Metals Corp., Yard 2, Richmond, California; launched on 20 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ann Troutman; and delivered under charter from War Shipping Administration to Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co., Vancouver, Washington, on 5 May 1943. Merchant Cargo Carrier She operated as a merchant cargo carrier until placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California, on 24 June 1948. Later taken out of reserve, she was chartered to Pacific Far East Line, Inc., San Francisco, California, on 24 December 1951 and operated as a merchantman in the Far East during the Korean War. On 2 June 1952 she was transferred by the Maritime Administration to the custody of the U.S. Navy at Suisun Bay, California. Conversion to YAG-39 Acquired by the U.S. Navy on 2 April 1953, she was designated YAG-39 the following month. She was then fitte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Fleetwood
USS ''Bellatrix'' (AF-62) was an ''Alstede''-class stores ship in service with the United States Navy from 1961 to 1968, following commercial service from 1945 to 1961. She was scrapped in 1969. Prior to Commissioning The ''USS Bellatrix'' was laid down as the ''Fleetwood'' on 16 October 1944 in Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Company under the Maritime Commission contract. Sponsored by Mrs. Agatha Bittman, hull 1207 was launched on 4 December 1944 and the ''Fleetwood'' was delivered on 21 June 1945. Initially turned over to the United Fruit Company, the ''Fleetwood'' sailed in the North Atlantic Ocean under contract until October 1946. Thereafter, it was transferred by the Maritime Commission to the Pacific Far-East Line making numerous cargo runs to ports throughout the Pacific Ocean, including that of the Alaskan waters. After April 1958, although still operated by the Pacific Far-East Line, the ''Fleetwood'' served the Military Sea Transportation Service. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Morgantown Victory
SS ''Morgantown Victory'' was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. ''Morgantown Victory'' (MCV-632) was a type VC2-S-AP2 Victory ship built by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards. The Maritime Administration cargo ship was the 632nd ship built. The ship is named for the city of Morgantown, West Virginia. Her keel was laid on 12 December 1944. She was launched on 5 February 1945 and completed on 28 February 1945. The 10,600-ton ship was constructed for the Maritime Commission. The States Marine Line operated her under the United States Merchant Marine act for the War Shipping Administration. Victory ships were designed to supersede the earlier Liberty Ships. Unlike Liberty ships, Victory ships were designed to serve the US Navy after the war and also last longer. The Victory ship differed from a Liberty ship in that they were: faster, longer and wider, taller, and had a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure. They also had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Swarthmore Victory
SS ''Swarthmore Victory'' (MCV-737) was a type VC2-S-AP2 Victory-class cargo ship built for the United States during World War II. The ship was built as part of the Emergency Shipbuilding program by Permanente Metals Corporation in Yard 2 of the Richmond Shipyards in Richmond, California. Named after Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Caomplete on April 7, 1945 ''Swarthmore Victory'' delivered supplies for the Pacific War and was operated by the United States Lines. Post war In 1948 Catalina Wild Life Expeditions, owned by Noel Rosefelt, hired ''Swarthmore Victory'' to import animals including elephants. The four baby elephants for Tom Packs Circus in New Orleans became known to the world before coming to America. ''Swarthmore Victory'' was delayed by two typhoons coming from Siam. The ship ran out of hay for the elephants four days before landing and worms for the birds on board. So started ''Operation Haylift''. The ''Swarthmore Victory''s captain radioed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Simmons Victory
USS ''Liberty'' (AGTR-5) was a ''Belmont''-class technical research ship (i.e. electronic spy ship) that was misidentified and attacked by Israel Defense Forces during the 1967 Six-Day War. She was originally built and served in World War II as a VC2-S-AP3 type Victory cargo ship named SS ''Simmons Victory''. Her keel was laid down on 23 February 1945, under a Maritime Commission contract at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation of Portland, Oregon. Service history War Shipping Administration/Maritime Commission/Maritime Administration years The ship was delivered to the War Shipping Administration on 4 May 1945. The next day, she was transferred to the "Coastwise -Pacific Far East Line" and designated as a "Fleet Issue Ship". Her complement included a 17-man Navy Armed Guard detachment to operate the ship's gun battery; a three- or four-man communication liaison detachment; and 16 Navy enlisted people serving as "winchmen and hatchmen". SS ''Simmons Victory'' was tasked with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Guam Bear
USS ''General R. L. Howze'' (AP-134) was a for the U.S. Navy in World War II. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mul ... throughout the war. She was named in honor of United States Army, U.S. Army general Robert Lee Howze. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as United States Army Transport, USAT ''General R. L. Howze'' in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS ''General R. L. Howze'' (T-AP-134). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS ''Austral Glen'', before being scrapped in 1980. Operational history ''General R. L. Howze'' (AP-134) was laid down under United States Maritime Commission, Maritime Commission contract (MC #657) 22 July 1942 by Kais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Golden Bear
SS ''Golden Bear'' has been the name of at least three merchant ships: * SS ''Golden Bear'' was the former , a Design 1013 cargo ship built in 1919. She was renamed ''Golden Bear'' in 1928, before being renamed ''Kailua'' in 1937, ''Vyborg'' in 1942, and was destroyed in an explosion in 1947. * was a LASH carrier built for Pacific Far East Lines in 1971. She was sold to American President Lines and renamed ''General Grant'' in 1979, resold to Matson Lines in 1996 and renamed ''Chief Gadao'', and sold for scrapping in 2006. *SS ''Golden Bear'' was a Type C4-class ship a type C4-S-1f, converted by Todd San Pedro for Pacific Far East Lines Inc. as a cargo ship. Built as the Beaver Mariner in 1953 by Bethlehem. In addition, three ships of the California State University Maritime Academy have been named ''Golden Bear'', the traditional name for the training ship of the university: * was ''Golden Bear'' between 1946 and 1971. * was ''Golden Bear'' between 1971 and 1995. * has been ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Peter Silvester
SS ''Peter Silvester'', was an American merchant marine ship built for the United States Maritime Commission. She was operated by the Pacific Far East Line under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. ''Peter Silvester'' was torpedoed and sunk by the off the coast of Australia in the Indian Ocean on February 6, 1945. 33 men aboard the ship died and 142 were eventually rescued, with some rescued weeks after the initial sinking. History The SS ''Peter Silvester'' was laid down on March 31, 1942 and built by the California Shipbuilding Corp. The ship was named after Peter Silvester (1734–1808), an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, who backed the patriot cause during the American Revolution. The ship launched nearly two months later, on May 27, 1942. Sinking 1st attempt On April 29, 1943, the ship, unescorted, was unsuccessfully attacked by while en route from Espírito Santo to San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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