SS St. Lawrence Victory
The SS ''St. Lawrence Victory'' (MCV-735) was a type VC2-S-AP2 Victory ship, 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. Launched in March 1945, the ''St Lawrence Victory'' delivered supplies for the Pacific War. After the war, it served as a relief ship delivering supplies to Europe under the Marshall Plan. Damaged by a sea mine in 1947, it was salvaged by Yugoslavia then changed hands several times in private use before it was scrapped in 1973. Early history The SS ''St. Lawrence Victory''s keel was laid on January 25, 1945, before being christened on March 31, 1945. The ''St. Lawrence Victory'' was a United States Maritime Administration, US Maritime Administration armed cargo ship, named for St. Lawrence University in St. Lawrence County, New York as one of 150 educati ...
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Agwilines Inc
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: *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. 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 ''C. H. Mallory'' (1818–1890), in the coastwise trade. Mallory established C.H. Mallory & C ...
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