J. H. Winchester & Company

Former US Shipping Company
J. H. Winchester & Company
IndustryShipping
Founded1856 (1856) in New York City, United States
Key people
  • J. H. Winchester
  • Winchester Noyes
  • J. Barston Smull
An 1861 painting of Mary Celeste (named Amazon at the time), by an unknown artist

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. [1] [2]

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. [3]

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.[4][5][6]

Ships

A Victory ship of World War II
Liberty ship of World War II


    • Post war Liberty ships:
  • Julian W. Mack * [20]
  • Charles H. Marshall [21]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liberty ships.
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References

  1. ^ Begg, Paul (2007). Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4058-3621-0.
  2. ^ The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams
  3. ^ Marine Engineering & Shipping Age, Volume 26, page 639
  4. ^ World War II United States Merchant Navy
  5. ^ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com.
  6. ^ 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]
  7. ^ "LibShipsD". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  8. ^ "LibshipsB". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  9. ^ "LibShipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  10. ^ a b "LibShipsJo". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  11. ^ a b "LibshipsA". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  12. ^ a b "LibShipsW". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  13. ^ "LibShipsG". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  14. ^ "LibShipsJ". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  15. ^ "vicshipsB". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  16. ^ "vicshipsM". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  17. ^ "vicshipsP". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  18. ^ "vicshipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  19. ^ "vicshipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  20. ^ "LibShipsJon". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  21. ^ "LibShipsC". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
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See also

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