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 21 West Street, New York City in 1947. The Shepard Steamship Company's main cargo was lumber products. Otis N Shepard company, Otis Shepard & Co. partnered with George H. Morse in 1868 to form Shepard & Morse Lumber Company of Burlington, Vermont. The New York Times, February 10, 1947, Retrieved February 17, 2020San Pedro News Pilot, Volume 3, Number 291, 11 February 1931New York Times, September 7, 1933, Section WEATHER REPORTS SHIPPING AND MAILS, Page 43Stream dictionary 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 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

Ships

SS Harpoon, was SS Hopatcong built in 1920, became Empire Tarpon 1940 SS Sea Thrush, built in 1920, sank by U-505 June 28, 1942 off BahamasNew York Times, June 1, 1938, Page 5wrecksite SS Sea Thrush SS Timber Rush, was City of Eureka from 1925 to 1928, built in 1919, sank in 1940 off Acapulco wrecksite, SS Timber Rush SS Sage Brush, sank as SS Keystone in 1943, a 1919 5,565 tons, cargo shipwreck site, SS Keystone 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 Biloxi Daily Herald Newspaper, Dec. 21 1939, Page 13shipbuildinghistory.com, SS Wind Rush 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:

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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