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 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.New York Time, December 17, 1948, business financial section, Page 55
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 (1818–1890), in the coastwise trade. Mallory established C.H. Mallory & Company with his partner Elihu Spicer (1825–1993). Mallory Line served New York, Galveston, Texas, New Orleans, Havana, and Mobile. In 1907 Mallory Line was sold to Charles W. Morse who with the Ward Line started the Consolidated Steamship Lines.Steamships of Jacksonville In 1908 Consolidated Steamship went bankrupt and was sold to the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies (AGWI) SS Company. AGWI continues the Mallory Line until 1932. The Metropolitan Steamship Company and Eastern Steamship Company that were part of Consolidated Steamship Company were not sold to Agwilines Inc. In 1934 Mallory Line merged with Clyde Line to be the Clyde-Mallory Line. In 1949 the Clyde-Mallory Line was sold to the Bull Line, the line was ended by Bull Line. C. H. Mallory served one term in the Connecticut Senate in 1862. C. H. Mallory father was Patriarch Charles Mallory (1796–1882), he had a fishing fleet in Mystic, Connecticut. The Mallory family had a shipyard in Mystic, that built ships for the Union Navy during the Civil War. Henry H. Raymond was president and general manager of the Clyde Steamship and Mallory Steamship Companies from 1908 to 1923.Charles Mallory bio Clyde-Mallory Lines main ports were: Jacksonville, New York, Miami, Boston, Wilmington, Charleston, Key West, Galveston, Tampa, New Orleans and Mobile.Section Wholesale Market, Page 29, February 6, 1923,
Clyde Line
Clyde line ran from 1844 to 1907 under the Clyde Steamship Company. Thomas Clyde started the company in New York in 1872. The line ran between the US northeast and southeast. Later added were routes to the Dominican Republic and other West Indies. In 1908 the Clyde line ran under the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies (AGWI) SS Company. In 1932 Mallory Line merged with Clyde Line. Thomas Clyde (1812–1885) was the founder and owner of the Clyde Line, Clyde Steamship Company. Main ports were New York City, Florida, Florida Keys, Boston, Providence, Cuba, and New Orleans. In 1861 Clyde's son, William P. Clyde took ownership till the 1906 sale. Clyde line ended in 1932, in the merger with Clyde-Mallory Line that ran from 1932 to 1949. Clyde Santo Domingo Line was a subsidiary of Clyde Line with service from New York City to West Indies.metrojacksonville.com, steamships
Porto Rico Line Porto Rico Line of the New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company was founded in 1895 in a partnership with Archibald H. Bull and Juan Ceballos. Bull later founded the A. H. Bull and Company. The Porto Rico Line ran from New York to Red Hook's Atlantic Basin's Pier 35 to Puerto Rico. The Porto Rico Line was a cargo and tourists line, also Puerto Ricans migrated to New York's Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Ward Line
Ward Line was started by the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company founded in 1877. Ward Line's first route was service to and from New York, Nassau and Havana. Ward purchased the Alexandre Line in 1888 adding service to the east coast of Mexico. In 1907 Charles W. Morse purchased the Ward Line. In 1908 Morse company went bankrupt and the Ward Line combined with several other Morse companies to form the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Line, Agwiline, each division ran under independent management. In 1908 was owned by Agwilines Inc, in 1954 became Ward-García Line.theshipslist.com Ward Line
Consolidated Steamship Company
Consolidated Steamship was founded by Charles W. Morse. On January 1, 1907 Charles W. Morse joined the Mallory Line, Porto Rico Line, the Ward Line, the Metropolitan Steamship Company and Eastern Steamship Company to form the Consolidated Steamship Lines. The financial crisis panic of 1907 put Consolidated Steamship Company into bankruptcy in 1908. Out of the bankruptcy the Consolidated Steamship Company was sold to the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies SS Company (AGWI Inc.). The Metropolitan Steamship Company and Eastern Steamship Company that were part of Consolidated Steamship Company were not sold to Agwilines Inc.The Liberty Ships of World War II: A Record of the 2,710 Vessels, By Greg H. Williams, page 243House flags
World War II During World War II Agwilines Inc. was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. During wartime, the Agwilines Inc operated Victory ships and Liberty ships. 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, MD
Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Inc ships
Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Inc ships: Satilla (1912), sunk in 1917 by a U-boat as Hans Kinck.wrecksite.eu SS Satilla Agwimoon (1920), sank as Altair in 1943 :https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142555 wrecksite Agwimoon Agwihavre (1921), sank as Gulfpenn in 1942wrecksite Agwihavre Manata (1916), sank as Trym in 1837wrecksite Manata Ozama (1919), sank in 1928wrecksite Ozama Panuco (1917), sank in fire at dock in 1941wrecksite Panuco Choctaw (1917), sank as Syoka Maru in 1945wrecksite Choctaw Agwipond period (1921), sank in 1930 as Cities Service Bostonwrecksite Agwipond Agwibay (1921), sank as William F. Humphrey in 1942wrecksite Agwibay Agwisea (1920), sank in 1933shipbuildinghistory Agwisea
Clyde Line ships
Clyde Line ships: Apache (1908) Lenape (1912) Huron (1896) Comanche Arapahoe Cherokee (1925), sunk by U-boat June 16, 1942 (1905), (freight only) Philadelphia (1916)
Clyde Santo Domingo Line ships Passenger and cargo from New York City to Monte Cristi, Puerto Plata, Samana, Sanchez, La Romana, Macoris, Santo Domingo City Azua and Barahona.Exporters' Encyclopaedia, Volume 16[Proceedings of the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Volume 1, By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, page 645, 1913] Clyde Santo Domingo Line ships: Algonquin (1926) Iroquois
Mallory Line ships
Mallory Line ships: Comal (1903) Concho (1903) Sabine Lampasas Alamo Medina (1914) Nueces (1887) (1919), manager City of Houston (1871)shipbuildinghistory.com City of Houston Barges: Chas. E. Goin, C. F. Deering, P. C. Golder, Samuel Walker, O. M. Hitchcock (1881)shipbuildinghistory.com Goin Annie M. Smull (1868), sank in 1906wrecksite, Annie M. Smull
Porto Rico Line ships
Porto Rico Line ships: Coamo (1925), sunk by U-boat in 1942 Brazos (1889), sunk by U-boat 1941 , sunk by U-boat 1918 San Juan (1900)wrecksite, San Juan San Lorenzo Porto Rico Ponce Borinquen (1930), sank in 1970 San Jacinto Mariana (1915), sunk by U-boat in 1942wrecksite Mariana (1915)
Ward Line ships
Passenger steamships of the Ward Line:
(1869) sank in 1870wrecksite Varuna (1877) (1877) (1877) (1879) (1879) (1879) (1880) (1883) (1884) (1889) (1889) (1889) (1890) (1890) (1897) – Chartered from the Red D Line. SS Havana (1898) (1898) (1900) (1901) (1901) (1903) (1906) (1906) (1906) (1907) (1917) (1918) (1930) (1930) (1933) (1933) (1941)Agwiprince (pp.152)- Retrieved 2019-07-25
Clyde-Mallory Line ships Clyde-Mallory Line ships:
Ship and year built Agwistar 1919 Alamo (1) 1883 Alamo (2) 1919 Ansonia 1919 Brazos (1) 1899 Brazos (2) 1907 Carondelet 1873 Carib 1882, sank in 1915wrecksite Carib City of Dallas 1872 City of Galveston 1870, sank in 1876wrecksite, City of Galveston City of San Antonio 1872 City of Waco 1873 Colorado (1) 1879 Colorado (2) 1920 Comal 1885 Concho 1891 Denver 1901 Edward S. Atwood 1911 (tug)shipbuildinghistory.com Atwood Glendaruel 1917 Guadalupe 1881 Henry R. Mallory 1916 Lake Ellithorpe 1919, sank as Empire Kestrelwrecksite, Lake Ellithorpe Lampasas 1883 Kiowa 1903, sank in 1903wrecksite, Kiowa Leona 1889 Malabar 1914 Malacca 1919 Malamton 1918 Malang 1920 Malantic 1918 (M.J. Scanlon) sank in 1943 by Uboatwrecksite Malantic Malay Malchace 1920 Mallard 1917 Mallemak 1919 Malsah 1920 Malton 1923 Maltran 1920 Medina 1914 Minotaur 1918, sunk in 1943 by U-boatwrecksite, Minotaur (1925) Mohican (1904), sank 1925wrecksite Mohican Neches (1) 1914 Neches (2) 1919, sank 1930wrecksite Neches Norfolk (1916) Nueces 1887 Ormidale 1917 Oneida (1919), sank in 1943 in stormwrecksite Oneida Osceola 1920 Onondaga 1905, sank in 1918wrecksite, Onondaga Pecos 1899 Rio Grande 1876 Sabine San Jacinto 1903 San Marcos 1881 San Saba 1879, sank as Magnolia in 1918wrecksite, San Saba 1927 State of Texas 1873 Swiftarrow 1921 Swifteagle 1921, sank in 1934wrecksite, Swifteagle Swiftlight 1921 Swiftscout 1921, sunk in 1945 by U-boatwrecksite Swiftscout Swiftstar 1921, sank in 1923wrecksite, Swiftstar Swiftsure 1921 Swiftwind 1921 Western Texas 1877 Victor 1864, sank in 1872wrecksite, Victor
World War II ships
World War II chartered ships operated by Agwilines Inc.:
Anne Bradstreeet Beatrice Victory Berwyn Victory Coastal Archer
Ethiopia Victory Elwin F. Knowles Fisk Victory
James Guthrie , sank after attack in 1943wrecksite James Iredel James Rolph Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, sunk in 1943 by U-boatwrecksite, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer John Harvey Jonas Lie Joseph K. Toole
Louis Pasteur
Morris Hillquit
Montclair Victory
Samuel W. Williston Theodore Parker Trakai
Thomas Hill
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