J. H. Winchester & Company was founded by James Henry Winchester (1824–1913) in New York City in 1856 (incorporated in 1913). J. H. Winchester & Company was a cargo agent for the United States Shipping Board post World War I, in the 1920s. Winchester raised and born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, on June 4, 1824. He moved to the United States in 1831 and settled in Eastport, Maine. Winchester completed the United States naturalized prossess on July 7, 1845, and became a US citizen. He moved to New York and became a ship captain. In New York became a partner in two brigantine sailing ships, one the Mary Celeste. The Mary Celeste was found hastily abandoned in 1872 between the Azores and Portugal. The abandonment is still a mystery today.The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams
James Henry Winchester died in 1913 and Winchester Noyes became the J. H. Winchester & Company president. Noyes was born in Brooklyn on March 14, 1878. He became an ensign in the United States Navy on April 3, 1917, and departed the Navy in 1918. He ran the J. H. Winchester & Company during World War II and died in 1954.
J. Barston Smull joined J. H. Winchester & Company in 1907 a vice president, be was the vice president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.Marine Engineering & Shipping Age, Volume 26, page 639
World War II
J. H. Winchester & Company fleet of ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II J. H. Winchester & Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II J. H. Winchester & Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. J. H. Winchester & Company operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its J. H. Winchester & Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.World War II United States Merchant NavyWorld 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
Ships
Ships SS Yaklok
Liberty ships operated for World War II J. H. Daniel Carroll Barbara Frietchie Telfair Stockton Joel Chandler Harris * John Bell 27.8.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.410 off Sardinia at 37.15N 08.24E Alexander Mitchell Andreas Honcharenko William L. Yancey William H. Kendrick Gus W. Darnell 23.11.44 Damaged by Japanese air attack off Samar Island, Philippines. CTL. James J. O'Kelly SS T. A. Johnston SS Ransom A. Moore SS Charles H. Marshall SS William A. Graham
Victory ships operated SS Bowling Green Victory Marshall Victory Petersburg Victory Winchester Victory Haverford Victory Crater-class cargo ship: USS Adhara
Post war Liberty ships Julian W. Mack * Charles H. Marshall
See also
World War II United States Merchant Navy Frederic L. Chapin
References