Marine Transport Line (MTL) of
New York, New York
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was a commercial steamship service started to support the needs of support charter shipping for the
Maritime Commission
The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 195 ...
and
War Shipping Administration
The War Shipping Administration (WSA) was a World War II emergency war agency of the US government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the United States needed for fighting the war. Both shipbuilding under the Maritime Co ...
during
World War 2
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. During wartime the Marine Transport Line operated
Victory ship
The Victory ship was a class of cargo ship produced in large numbers by North American shipyards during World War II to replace losses caused by German submarines. They were a more modern design compared to the earlier Liberty ship, were slight ...
s, and also a few other ships. After the war it moved to operating mostly
tanker ships. Marine Transport Line Inc. made headline news with the sinking of the
SS ''Marine Electric'' in 1983, an enlarged World War 2 tanker.
World War II
file:SS American Victory.jpg, World War II
Victory ship
The Victory ship was a class of cargo ship produced in large numbers by North American shipyards during World War II to replace losses caused by German submarines. They were a more modern design compared to the earlier Liberty ship, were slight ...
Operated during World War II:
*SS E. Kirby Smith
*SS Harvey Cushing
* SS Adelphi Victory, SS ''Adelphi Victory''
* SS ''Alcedo'' (freighter sank, torpedoed February 28, 1945)
* SS ''Battle Creek Victory''
* SS ''Black River'' (tanker)
* SS ''Chapel Hill Victory''
* MV ''Halma'' (sank hit mine 1942)
*
SS ''Howell E. Jackson''
* SS ''Malchace''
* SS ''Medina Victory''
*
SS ''Panama Victory''
* MV ''Sheherazade'' (attacked and sank 1942)
* SS ''Trinidad Victory''
* SS ''Trinity Victory''
*
SS ''Wheaton Victory''
* SS ''Winthrop Victory''
Korean War
* 16 tankers
[Seafairs Log, June 26, 1953, page 6]
*
USNS ''Paoli'' (T-AO-157)
Post War
* ''Kentucky''
* ''Marine Union''
*
SS ''Marine Electric'', ex ''Musgrove Mills'', ''Gulfmills'', Jumboized
T2-SE-A1 Tanker 1961 (Foundered on 12 February 1983)
* ''Nagano'', Bulk carrier 1963
* ''Oswego Courage'' (1973)
References
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Defunct shipping companies of the United States
Transport companies established in 1942
1942 establishments in New York (state)
1942 mergers and acquisitions