Victory ship Olympic Steamship Company was founded in

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on August 22, 1925 by John Ambler, Charles A. Wallace and William W. Shorthill. Olympic Steamship Company had routes that served the

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. Olympic Steamship Company had a fleet of about 4 ships. Olympic Steamship Company was named after

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in the state of Washington. John Ambler was an attorney, and Charles A. Wallace previously worked at Fisher Flouring Mills Company. William W. Shorthill was a clerk at

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. After the start of the company Joseph L. Carman, Jr., became the vice president. Carman previously was president of Alaska Washington Airways. Olympic Steamship Company's first ship was an acquired 5,335-ton tanker, named the SS ''Dayton''. Olympic Steamship Company renamed the ''Dayton'', the SS ''Olympic''. SS ''Olympic'' was built in 1907 as the ''Harport'' in

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. In 1936 Olympic Steamship Company went into a

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with James Griffiths & Sons, Inc., as the Consolidated Olympic Company. Consolidated Olympic Company offered a

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, Seattle,

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route on the Consolidated Olympic Line. The Consolidated Olympic Line was later renamed the Olympic-Griffiths Line. The Olympic-Griffiths Line acquired the 7,216-ton cargo ship SS ''Olympic Pioneer'', which was used on Pacific Northwest lumber and newsprint routes. SS ''Olympic Pioneer'' also did two long voyages on world wide trade route. The SS ''Olympic Pioneer'' then moved to a routed from Puget Sound to Japan moving

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supplies. Olympic-Griffiths Line chartered ships for the other routes on the line. Ernest Clayton became president of the firm in 1940. Ernest Clayton previously worked for the

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. Olympic Steamship Company was active in supporting the

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effort.

Salmon Terminals

Salmon Terminals was founded in 1929 as a cooperative warehouse that canned and labeled

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. The Puckett Company, founded by Jim and Roy Puckett in 1915, provided the labeling for the canned salmon in

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many

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. In 1929, 17 Alaska’s canneries founded the Salmon Terminals cooperative in the Puget Sound, to unload, warehouse, can, label, and distribute canned salmon. The Puckett Company continues to provide the labeling service to Salmon Terminals till 1973. Salmon Terminals was sold to Olympic Steamship Company in 1966. In 1966 Salmon Terminals operated from a warehouse in West Seattle next to Pier 5. In 1983 the warehouse moved from West Seattle to

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. Olympic Steamship Company, Salmon Terminals division was sold on July 1, 1987, the new owner founded the firm, Salmon Terminals, Inc. and moved to a new headquarters in Kent. In 2006 Salmon Terminals moved to a new warehouse outside of

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. Salmon Terminals is now a general logistics, shipping, distribution, warehouse and contract packaging firm.

World War II

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. During World War II Olympic Steamship Company was active with charter shipping with the

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and

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. Olympic Steamship Company operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Olympic Steamship Company crew and the

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Ships

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ship: * SS Ethiopia Victory **

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ship: * SS Ocala Victory

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{{Victory ships Defunct shipping companies of the United States American companies established in 1925

Salmon Terminals

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