Interocean Shipping Company, Interocean Steamship Company of San Francisco was a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Company founded in the late 1930s and closed in 1986.marinelink, Steven Moodie
During World War II Interocean Shipping Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Interocean Shipping Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration.Interocean Shipping Company operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Interocean Shipping Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.
Ships Ships: Partial list as most ships were charted and not owned by Interocean: Oswego Reliance, a tanker James E. Davidson, a cargo ship SS Cosmic, a 745-foot cargo ship (charted not owned) 1930s charted: Hanley (US) Brimanger (Norway) Taranger (Norway) Heranger (Norway) Villanger (Norway) Trondanger (Norway) Berganger (Norway) MS Moldanger (Norway) Hindanger (Norway)
Interocean operated World War 2 ships: World War 2 Victory ships:' World War 2 chartered ships: SS Augustana Victory Denison Victory Bowdoin Victory SS Notre Dame Victory Wabash Victory World War 2 operated Liberty ships: SS Elwood Mead Ben B. Lindsey Edward P. Alexander Alfred C. True Anna H. Branch Keith Vawter James A. Drain James L. Ackerson Isaac I. Stevens SS Lewis L. Dyche Mello Franco
See also Calmar Steamship Company Ore Steamship Company Bethlehem Transportation Corporation World War II United States Merchant Navy
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