West India Steamship Company

Former US Shipping Company

West India Steamship Company
Industry	Passenger, transportation and shipping
Founded	1910 (1910) in New York City
Key people	Edward R. Bacon Daniel Bacon Robert Bacon R M Goddard, President in 1919

West India Steamship Company was a passenger and cargo steamship company founded in New York City in 1910. West India Steamship Company was founded by Edward R. Bacon, Robert Bacon and Daniel Bacon. Edward R. Bacon was an attorney and Daniel Bacon was a ship broker. Before founding West India Steamship Company all three had worked for the Barnes Steamship Company. They operated the West India Steamship Line. By 1913, West India Steamship Company had cargo routes from New York City and Norfolk, Virginia to Cuba, Mexico, Colón, Panama, and the Windward Islands. By 1921 West India Steamship Company added routes from Mobile, Alabama, to a number of West Indies ports. West India Steamship Company was active in supporting the World War II efforts.^[1]

World War II

West India Steamship Company fleet of ships that were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II West India Steamship Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II West India Steamship Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. West India Steamship Company operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its West India Steamship Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Ships

Ships owned:

Tymouth Castle ^[5]
Duart Castle
USS Resolute (SP-3218) 1920 to 1926
SS Polar Land built in 1918, sank in 1919 off Sable Island^[6]
SS Lake Frampton

- World War II operated:
- Liberty Ships:
George A. Lawson ^[7]
Martin Van Buren on Jan. 14, 1945 was torpedoed and damaged by German submarine U-1232 off Halifax, Nova Scotia was beached and later scrapped in situ.^[8]
Edward R. Squibb^[9]
Willard R. Johnsonhttp://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW.html
Willard R. Johnson ^[10]
SS Frederick Bartholdi on Dec. 25, 1943 ran ashore on Isle of Skye, later was refloated and towed to the Clyde and scrapped.^[11]
- Other ships:
New Rochelle Victory ^[12]
USS Lebanon (AK-191) in 1945, a C1-M-AV1 cargo ship.

References

^ The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams
^ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com.
^ 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 [1]
^ "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
^ St. John Daily Sun, Dec 22, 1899
^ SS Polar Land
^ "LibShipsG". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsM". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsE". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsW". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsF". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "vicshipsN". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

World War II Maritime Commission ship designs

Cargo designs

Emergency cargo

Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1")
Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")

Tanker

Special-purpose

Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate")
Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank")
Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer")
Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier")
Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport")
Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship")
"Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"

Miscellaneous-cargo

Type L6 ("Lakers")
Type N ("Coastal Cargo")
Type P1 ("Passenger")
Type P2 ("Passenger")
Type R ("Refrigerated")
Type B ("Barge")

Tugs

Type V ("Tugs")

See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C CL-154^X
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento^S Asheville Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
Patrol boats	Action PT boat
Minelayers	Oglala^S Wassuc^S Monadnock^S Miantonomah^S Terror^S Keokuk^S Salem^S Weehawken^S Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
Tankers	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker
Cargo ships	Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar
Auxiliary ships	Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Motor torpedo boat tender Reefer Oiler Repair Seaplane tender Submarine tender Underway replenishment
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

v t e Liberty ships
Lists	A-F G-Je Je-L M-R S-Z
Subtypes	Acubens-class general stores issue ship Armadillo class tanker Crater-class cargo ship Guardian-class radar picket ship List of Subtypes
Survivors	SS John W. Brown SS Jeremiah O'Brien SS Arthur M. Huddell SS Albert M. Boe
Other	Liberty Fleet Day Port Chicago disaster Project Liberty Ship
See also	Park ship (Canadian equivalent) Fort ship (British equivalent) Ocean ship (Anglo-American predecessor) Victory ship (American follow-on) Empire ship (British ships owned by the Ministry of War Transport)
Category List

v t e Victory ships
Lists	List of Victory ships
Subtypes	Haskell-class attack transport Kingsport-class telemetry ship Range Sentinel-class telemetry ship List of Subtypes
Museum ships	SS American Victory SS Lane Victory SS Red Oak Victory
Other	Port Chicago disaster Attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory SS Columbia Eagle incident
Sunk in action	SS Canada Victory SS Hobbs Victory SS Logan Victory
Damaged in action	SS Bozeman Victory SS Brown Victory SS Bucknell Victory USS Colbert SS Elmira Victory USS Hinsdale USS La Grange SS Minot Victory SS Oshkosh Victory SS Pratt Victory SS Swarthmore Victory USS Telfair SS United Victory
Sunk in service	SS Clarksdale Victory SS Drexel Victory SS Escanaba Victory SS Georgetown Victory SS Luray Victory SS Middlebury Victory SS Northeastern Victory SS Park Victory SS Quinault Victory
Damaged in service	SS Attleboro Victory SS Baton Rouge Victory SS Baylor Victory SS Colombia Victory SS Berea Victory SS Cuba Victory SS Enid Victory SS Frontenac Victory SS Morgantown Victory SS St. Lawrence Victory
Sank in private use	SS Alamo Victory SS Augustana Victory SS Brainerd Victory SS Cody Victory SS Hagerstown Victory SS Lewiston Victory SS Lincoln Victory SS Luxembourg Victory SS India Victory SS New Bern Victory SS Mandan Victory SS Philippines Victory SS Rushville Victory SS Rutland Victory SS Skagway Victory SS Smith Victory SS St. Albans Victory SS Tufts Victory SS U.S.S.R. Victory
Seagoing cowboys ships	SS Adrian Victory SS Attleboro Victory SS Battle Creek Victory SS Beloit Victory SS Blue Island Victory SS Boulder Victory SS Bucknell Victory SS Calvin Victory SS Carroll Victory SS Cedar Rapids Victory SS Clarksville Victory SS Creighton Victory SS DePauw Victory SS Earlham Victory SS Flagstaff Victory SS Frontenac Victory SS Gainesville Victory SS Harvard Victory SS Hattiesburg Victory SS Jefferson City Victory SS Lahaina Victory SS Lanaina Victory SS Lindenwood Victory SS Mercer Victory SS Moline Victory SS Morgantown Victory SS Norwalk Victory SS Occidental Victory SS Ouachita Victory SS Park Victory SS Pass Christian Victory SS Pierre Victory SS Plymouth Victory SS Queens Victory SS Rock Hill Victory SS Rockland Victory SS Roswell Victory SS Saginaw Victory SS Santa ClaraVictory SS South Bend Victory SS Spartanburg Victory SS Villanova Victory SS Virginia City Victory SS Wesleyan Victory SS Woodstock Victory SS Yugoslavia Victory
See also	Liberty ship (predecessor)
Article Category List See also, similar role:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.