Shepard Steamship Company of Boston, Massachusetts was founded in 1930 by Otis N Shepard, and H B, Shepard with service from Pacific Coast to Philadelphia, New York City, Albany and Boston. Service was called the Shepard Line Shepard Steamship Company moved to

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, New York City in 1947. The Shepard Steamship Company's main cargo was lumber products. Otis N Shepard company, Otis Shepard & Co. partnered with

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in 1868 to form Shepard & Morse Lumber Company of

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. During World War II the Shepard Steamship Company was active in charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. During wartime, the Shepard Steamship Company operated Victory ships and Liberty shipss. The ship was run by its crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon and the 3"/50, 4"/50, and 5"/38 deck guns.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

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Ships

*SS Harpoon, was SS Hopatcong built in 1920, became List_of_Empire_ships_(Ta–Te), Empire Tarpon 1940 *SS Sea Thrush, built in 1920, sank by U-505 June 28, 1942 off Bahamas *SS Timber Rush, was City of Eureka from 1925 to 1928, built in 1919, sank in 1940 off Acapulco *SS Sage Brush, sank as SS Keystone in 1943, a 1919 5,565 tons, cargo ship * SS Exporter, was USS Hercules, a 1939 cargo ship *SS Wind Rush, was SS Westbrook built in 1918 by Columbia River SB, ablaze in the Caribbean Dec. 21 1939, repaired, became Kavkaz in 1945, and scrapped 1977 *SS Wind Rush (2), was SS Lloyd S. Carlson Liberty ship, built in 1945 * SS Exford built in 1919

World War II Ships

Ships operated under charter during and just after World War II: SS American Victory

**Victory ships: *La Grande Victory (troopship) *Binghampton Victory *N. Y. U. Victory ** Liberty ships: * Theodore Foster * Warren P. Marks *Edwin Abbey *Segundo Ruiz-Belvis *John A. Dix *John P. Harris *George E. Waldo *George H. Himes *George M. Cohan *Lot Whitcomb *Charles H. Lanham (Mashal plan ship) *Clarence F. Peck *Robert D. Carey **For Korean War: *Harpoon (1950 to 1954) (was Ward Hunt)

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