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Bernuth-Lembcke Company was a
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**World War II operated ships:
**Liberty ships:
* ''Albert G. Brown''
* ''David Holmes''
* ''Eliza Jane Nicholson''
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** T2 tankers:
*, a T2-SE-A1 tanker, torpedoed and sunk by the on November 2, 1944
* ''Tydol Bayonne'', was Catham T2-SE-A1 tanker, built in 1944 acquired in 1948
* ''Fullerton Hills'', built in 1944 by Marinship, Sausalito, California, to Bernuth in 1948. Scrapped in 1962.
The T2 Tanker page
{{Type T2-SE-A1 tankers Defunct shipping companies of the United States American companies established in 1918
Bernuth-Lembcke Company was a tanker ship
A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a ship designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and gas carrier. Tankers also carry commodities such as vegetable oils, ...
transportation company founded in 1918 in New York City by Oscar Max von Bernuth (O. M. Bernuth) and Carlos Eduardo Lembcke. Earlier Oscar Max von Bernuth founded his own company, Bernuth Corporation, on December 20, 1907, in at Suffolk, New York. Carlos Eduardo Lembcke. Earlier founded his own company, C. Lembeke & Company, in 1889. Bernuth-Lembcke Company were active in supporting the World War II effort, shipping fuel oil
Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil). Such oils include distillates (the lighter fractions) and residues (the heavier fractions). Fuel oils include heavy fuel oil, marine fuel oil (MFO), bun ...
.The Liberty Ships of World War II, by Greg H. Williams
History
Carlos Eduardo Lembcke was born on January 18, 1870, in Hamburg, Germany, Lembcke came to New York City on October 12, 1889. Lembcke became a United States naturalized citizen on September 20, 1899. Oscar Max von Bernuth was born on July 23, 1873, in Hamburg, Germany. Bernuth and came to the US in 1875 and got a job at a New York importing company. In 1898 Bernuth got a job working for Lembcke. Carlos Eduardo Lembcke's brother, George Albert Lembcke also worked at the firm as company secretary. George Lembcke became a US citizen in 1901. Carlos Eduardo Lembcke retire in 1911 and moved back to Germany and in 1913 toGenoa, Italy
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. In 1938 he return to United States, due to the outbreak of the war. Bernuth-Lembcke Company main route was importing creosote. Oscar Max von Bernuth was elected President of Chipman Chemical Company when R. N. Chipman stepped down in 1940.
World War II
Bernuth-Lembcke Company ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Bernuth-Lembcke Company operated merchant ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Bernuth-Lembcke Company was active with Chartering (shipping), charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Bernuth-Lembcke Company operated Liberty ships and T2 tankers for the World War II United States Merchant Navy, merchant navy. The ship was run by its Bernuth-Lembcke Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.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, M/ref>
Ships
*Some ships owned: * ''O. M. Bernuth'', a 7,972-ton tanker, built and acquired in 1938, built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Chester, Pennsylvania. ''O. M. Bernuth'' picked up the survivors from the tanker ''E. J. Bullock'' on October 6, 1938. *''Torres'', a 4,943-ton tanker, built in 1917
**World War II operated ships:
**Liberty ships:
* ''Albert G. Brown''
* ''David Holmes''
* ''Eliza Jane Nicholson''
*
** T2 tankers:
*, a T2-SE-A1 tanker, torpedoed and sunk by the on November 2, 1944
* ''Tydol Bayonne'', was Catham T2-SE-A1 tanker, built in 1944 acquired in 1948
* ''Fullerton Hills'', built in 1944 by Marinship, Sausalito, California, to Bernuth in 1948. Scrapped in 1962.
See also
*List of Type T2 tankersReferences
External links
The T2 Tanker page
{{Type T2-SE-A1 tankers Defunct shipping companies of the United States American companies established in 1918